Determinants of economic growth in Malaysia 1970-2010
This paper investigates the determinants of economic growth in Malaysia.Trade openness, foreign direct investment, government development expenditure and gross fixed capital formation are used as indicators of economic growth.The study used time series data for the period 1970 to 2010.The Johansen a...
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| author | Hussin, Fauzi Mat Ros, Norazrul Zamzuri Noor, Mohd Saifoul |
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| description | This paper investigates the determinants of economic growth in Malaysia.Trade openness, foreign direct investment, government development expenditure and gross fixed capital formation are used as indicators of economic growth.The study used time series data for the period 1970 to 2010.The Johansen and Juselius cointegration approach was applied to determine the long-run relationship between the variables. The study found that trade openness and foreign direct investment have significant but negative impact on economic growth in short run.Our results also show that government development expenditure has the strongest effect on economic growth in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | uum-136922015-04-08T02:42:50Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13692/ Determinants of economic growth in Malaysia 1970-2010 Hussin, Fauzi Mat Ros, Norazrul Zamzuri Noor, Mohd Saifoul HB Economic Theory This paper investigates the determinants of economic growth in Malaysia.Trade openness, foreign direct investment, government development expenditure and gross fixed capital formation are used as indicators of economic growth.The study used time series data for the period 1970 to 2010.The Johansen and Juselius cointegration approach was applied to determine the long-run relationship between the variables. The study found that trade openness and foreign direct investment have significant but negative impact on economic growth in short run.Our results also show that government development expenditure has the strongest effect on economic growth in Malaysia. Asian Economic and Social Society 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13692/1/1.pdf Hussin, Fauzi and Mat Ros, Norazrul and Zamzuri Noor, Mohd Saifoul (2013) Determinants of economic growth in Malaysia 1970-2010. Asian Journal of Empirical Research, 3 (9). pp. 1140-1151. ISSN 2224-4425 http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:asi:ajoerj:2013:p:1140-1151 |
| spellingShingle | HB Economic Theory Hussin, Fauzi Mat Ros, Norazrul Zamzuri Noor, Mohd Saifoul Determinants of economic growth in Malaysia 1970-2010 |
| title | Determinants of economic growth in Malaysia 1970-2010 |
| title_full | Determinants of economic growth in Malaysia 1970-2010 |
| title_fullStr | Determinants of economic growth in Malaysia 1970-2010 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of economic growth in Malaysia 1970-2010 |
| title_short | Determinants of economic growth in Malaysia 1970-2010 |
| title_sort | determinants of economic growth in malaysia 1970 2010 |
| topic | HB Economic Theory |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13692/1/1.pdf |
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