Government debt-economic growth nexus in Asean-4 countries by Hajian, Hoda, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Mohamed, Azali

“…Given a background of controversial political and theoretical academic debate and diverse empirical result, as Checherita and Rother (2010) concluded government debt and economic growth relationship is a country specific issue. …”

Service export and economic growth in the selected developing Asian countries by Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Ahmad, Siti Asiah, Ismail, Normaz Wana

“…Service export also has a significant and positive impact on economic growth. The findings implies that the Asian developing countries should focus on formulating appropriate policy measures to enhance the performance of services sector and service export to stimulate the economic growth.…”
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Impact of health capital on economic growth in Singapore: an ARDL approach to cointegration by Akingba, Idowu Opeoluwa Isreal, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Hamzah, Hanny Zurina

“…Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the long-term impacts of health capital on economic growth in Singapore from 1980 to 2013. Design/methodology/approach: Auto regressive distributed lag (ARDL)-ECM methodology and several diagnostic and specification tests were used to estimate the impact of health capital on economic growth on time series data covering the period 1980-2013. …”
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The impact of financial development, oil price on economic growth in African OPEC members by Umar, Bala, Lee, Chin, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Ismail, Normaz Wana

“…This study ascertains impacts of financial development, oil price on economic growth in African OPEC members. Many studies have been done on financial development and economic growth, without considering the nature of the economic dependency. …”
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Impact of foreign aid and foreign direct investment on economic growth: evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries by Mohamed, Masoud Rashid, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Ismail, Normaz Wana, Wan Ngah, Wan Azman Saini

“…Furthermore, we found evidence that foreign aid from different bilateral donors may have different effects on economic growth.…”
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Foreign direct investments (FDI) and economic growth: empirical evidence from Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) countries by Suleiman, Najat Nassor, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Ismail, Normaz Wana

“…Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been regarded as one of the important factors that stimulate the economic growth in most of the developing countries. However, fewer studies have explored the issue in the case of African region. …”
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Crazy rich Asian countries? The impact of FDI inflows on the economic growth of the economies of Asian countries: evidence from an NARDL approach by Goh, Lim Thye, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Lin, Woon Leong

“…FDI inflows are often regarded as the engine of economic growth, where an increase in FDI leads to higher productivity and higher international trade. …”
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Impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth: empirical evidence from Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) countries by Suleiman, Najat Nassor, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Ismail, Normaz Wana

“…Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been regarded as one of the important factor that stimulates the economic growth in most of the developing countries. However, fewer studies have explored the issue in the case of African region. …”
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Asymmetric openness-growth nexus in 20 highly open OIC countries: Evidence from quantile-on-quantile regression approach by Ali, Sajid, Yusop, Zulkornain, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Chin, Lee, Nazar, Raima

“…This study analyzes the asymmetric association between trade openness and economic growth in 20 highly open Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries. …”

The impact of government debt on output growth, private investment and human capital in Malaysia by Hajian, Hoda, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee

“…It is important for every country to evaluate the role of government debt on economic growth and macroeconomic factors, especially in developing economies. …”
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Intellectual Property Rights (IPRS) and unemployment: empirical evidence from developing economies by Mohamad, Asuantri, Bani, Yasmin, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Ishak, Suryati

“…Developing countries rely on imitation and innovation to boost their economic growth. The debate on innovation and imitation has been the focus of empirical research with the implementation of strengthening Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). …”
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Impact of globalization on unemployment in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries by Peter, Adamu, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Mhd Bani, Nor Yasmin, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah

“…Therefore, policies aimed at reducing the rate of unemployment should focus on low inflation rate, political globalization, labour market regulation and economic growth. Policies should also ensure that the regulations of the labour market are more flexible so as to benefit from globalization which can impact significantly on unemployment rate.…”
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Impact of globalization on unemployment in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries by Peter, Adamu, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Mhd Bani, Nor Yasmin, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah

“…Therefore, policies aimed at reducing the rate of unemployment should focus on low inflation rate, political globalization, labor market regulation and economic growth. Policies should also ensure that the regulations of the labor market are more flexible so as to benefit from globalization which can impact significantly on unemployment rate.…”
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