Testing liquidity constraints in 10 Asian developing countries: an error-correction model approach by Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Smith, Peter, Wan Ngah, Wan Azman Saini

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Budget deficits and inflation in thirteen Asian developing countries by Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Chee, Kok Cheah, Abdul Hamid, Baharom

“…Thus, we conclude that budget deficits are inflationary in Asian developing countries. …”
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Does financial development cause economic growth? A panel data dynamic analysis for the Asian developing countries by Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Eng, Yoke Kee

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Impact of language-augmented human capital on foreign direct investment: a study of developing countries by Wilson, O. C. S., Premagowrie, Sivanandan, Abdul Hamid, Baharom, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

Subjects: “…Developing countries; English proficiency; Foreign direct investment; Human capital…”
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The applicability of the P-Star approach of modelling inflation in a developing country : The case of Malaysia by Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…The P-Star approach of modelling inflation proposed by Hallman et al. (1989) has been widely tested for the United States and other developed countries. However, the applicability of the P-Star model for the developing countries is yet to be determined. …”
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Private capital flows, stock market and economic growth in developed and developing countries: a comparative analysis by Choong, Chee Keong, Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi, Yusop, Zulkornain, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…Empirically we investigate how three types of private capital flows could promote economic growth in recipient developed and developing countries. Our focus is on the role of stock markets as a channel through which foreign capital flows could promote growth. …”
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How relevant is environmental quality to per capita health expenditures? empirical evidence from panel of developing countries by Yahaya, Adamu, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Abd. Ghani, Judhiana, Mohd Noor, Zaleha

“…Background: Developing countries have witnessed economic growth as their GDP keeps increasing steadily over the years. …”
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Financial development and economic growth nexus: another look at the panel evidence from different geographical regions by Eng, Yoke Kee, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…This paper re-examines the causality issue on financial development and economic growth from a panel data perspectives using the system generalized method of moments (GMM) technique developed by Arellano and Bover (1995), and Blundell and Bond (1998). Focusing on developing countries in four main geography regions (Africa, Asia, Europe and Western Hemisphere), the main finding of the results reveals that although there exist evidence supporting the other views including the “demand following” as well as non-causal relation between the economic growth and the financial deepening, these supports are not as strong as the “supply leading” hypothesis.…”
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Using P-Star model to linking money and prices in a financial liberalised developing economy: the case for Malaysia by Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…The P-Star approach of modelling inflation proposed by Hallman el al. has been widely tested in the United States and other developed countries. The applicability of the P-Star model for the developing countries is yet to be determined. …”
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Determinants of flood fatalities: evidence from a panel data of 79 countries by Padli, Jaharudin, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Abdul Hamid, Baharom

“…While, earthquake, landslides, drought, extreme temperature, wildfire and volcano eruptions contribute to the remaining 23 percent. In many developing countries, the frequent occurrences of natural disasters, particularly floods are not uncommon. …”
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Income inequality and property crime in selected Southern and Eastern European countries by Buba, Saad, Ishak, Suryati, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Mohd Noor, Zaleha

“…Income inequality is specifically seen as the most noticeable feature of a bigger and more complex issue; less than 10 percent of the wealth in developed and developing countries is controlled by the poorest. Data from 14 emerging countries in the Southern and Eastern European regions were used to test and extend the income inequality and crime hypothesis. …”
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Influence of governance on the relationship between foreign banks penetration and banking stability by Zohrehvand, Azadeh, Ibrahim, Saifuzzaman, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Yusop, Zulkornain, Burhan, Nik Ahmad Sufian

“…We focus our analysis on 54 developing countries during the period 1998 to 2016. The results from a two-step system GMM support the market risk hypothesis that the penetration of foreign banks decreases the stability of the host banking sector. …”
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Trade openness and economic growth: a causality test in panel perspective by Idris, Jamilah, Yusop, Zulkornain, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…Openness to trade has been one of the primary drivers stimulating growth.The goal of this particular study is to investigate the relationship between trade openness and economic growth in 87 selected countries which includes both Organizations for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and developing countries for 1977–2011 periods.We used two measures of trade openness i.e. the ratio of trade openness (TO) typically spoke by exports plus imports in nominal value divided by GDP (nominal)which is commonly used in the literature,and trade openness in real(RO)which is defined as the sum of imports and exports in US$ relative to GDP in purchasing power parity US$ (real GDP). …”
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Declining fertility and financial development in high - income and low - income countries by Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Farzaneh, N., Din, Badariah

“…Our results suggest financial development affect fertility positively for the developed countries, but for the developing countries financial development adversely affecting fertility.…”
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Financial sector consolidation and competition in Malaysia: an application of the Panzar-Rosse method by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…Originality/value – Despite substantial studies performed to examine the impact of consolidation on banks’ competitive behaviour, these studies have concentrated mainly on the banking sectors of the western and developed countries. On the other hand, empirical evidence on the developing countries banking sectors is relatively scarce.…”
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Developments in the efficiency of the Thailand banking sector: a DEA approach by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…Originality/value: Although the literature examining the efficiency of financial institutions with parametric and/or non‐parametric frontier techniques has expanded rapidly in recent times, these studies have been confined to the US banking sector or the banking sectors in the Western and developed countries. However, empirical evidences on the developing countries banking sectors in general and of the ASEAN countries in particular are relatively sparse. …”

Does foreign banks entry fosters bank efficiency? Empirical evidence from Malaysia by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…To date, empirical evidence form the contemporary banking industry has mainly suggested that foreign banks in developing countries outperform their domestic bank counterparts. …”

Testing long-run neutrality of money in a developing economy by Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Puah, Chin Hong, Mohamed, Azali

“…Since most of the earlier studies on long-run neutrality (LRN) have been tested on the developed countries, the present study adds to the current literature by providing evidence on LRN from the perspective of a developing country. …”
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Measuring the nationalism index of Malaysian nation in less developed states by Sanusi, Nur Azura, Ghazali, Normi Azura, Abdullah, Mohd Lazim, Golam Hassan, Asan Ali, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Kusairi, Suhal

“…Generally, Malaysia must reached the minimum level outlined by world bodies such as the OECD, World Bank and United Nations to be classified as a developed country.Therefore, states that target to become developed state status also needs to reach the minimum level stipulated by the world bodies for inline recognized as a developed country. …”
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Financial development and sectoral CO2 emissions in Malaysia by Maji, Ibrahim Kabiru, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Saari, Mohd Yusof

“…Since the financial sector is considered as one of the sectors that will contribute to Malaysian economy to become a developed country by 2020, we utilize a cointegration method to investigate how financial development affects sectoral CO2emissions. …”
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