The optimal size of government expenditure in Malaysia

This study aims to examine the optimal level of government expenditure in Malaysia. The analysis consists of annual data for Malaysia ranging from 1975 to 2013. Variables used in this study are gross domestic product, government expenditure and openness index. Results from the unit root tests have i...

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Main Author:	Leslie Balan, anak Lendik
Format:	Project Report
Language:	English English
Published:	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015
Subjects:	HG Finance
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spelling	unimas-123352016-06-14T04:03:10Z http://ir.unimas.my/12335/ The optimal size of government expenditure in Malaysia Leslie Balan, anak Lendik HG Finance This study aims to examine the optimal level of government expenditure in Malaysia. The analysis consists of annual data for Malaysia ranging from 1975 to 2013. Variables used in this study are gross domestic product, government expenditure and openness index. Results from the unit root tests have indicated that the variables are stationary at first difference. Besides that, the Johansen and Juselius cointegrating test found one long run relationship among the variables used in this study. From the Armey Curve framework, this study has suggested that the optimal level of government expenditure in Malaysia is 13.571%. However, the size of government expenditure ever since the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis exceeded the optimal level found in this study. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015 Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/12335/1/The%20optimal%20size%20of%20government%20expenditure%20in%20Malaysia%20%2824pgs%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/12335/2/The%20optimal%20size%20of%20government%20expenditure%20in%20Malaysia%20%28fulltext%29.pdf Leslie Balan, anak Lendik (2015) The optimal size of government expenditure in Malaysia. [Project Report] (Unpublished)
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description	This study aims to examine the optimal level of government expenditure in Malaysia. The analysis consists of annual data for Malaysia ranging from 1975 to 2013. Variables used in this study are gross domestic product, government expenditure and openness index. Results from the unit root tests have indicated that the variables are stationary at first difference. Besides that, the Johansen and Juselius cointegrating test found one long run relationship among the variables used in this study. From the Armey Curve framework, this study has suggested that the optimal level of government expenditure in Malaysia is 13.571%. However, the size of government expenditure ever since the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis exceeded the optimal level found in this study.
format	Project Report
author	Leslie Balan, anak Lendik
author_facet	Leslie Balan, anak Lendik
author_sort	Leslie Balan, anak Lendik
title	The optimal size of government expenditure in Malaysia
title_short	The optimal size of government expenditure in Malaysia
title_full	The optimal size of government expenditure in Malaysia
title_fullStr	The optimal size of government expenditure in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The optimal size of government expenditure in Malaysia
title_sort	optimal size of government expenditure in malaysia
publisher	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate	2015
url	http://ir.unimas.my/12335/ http://ir.unimas.my/12335/1/The%20optimal%20size%20of%20government%20expenditure%20in%20Malaysia%20%2824pgs%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/12335/2/The%20optimal%20size%20of%20government%20expenditure%20in%20Malaysia%20%28fulltext%29.pdf
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The optimal size of government expenditure in Malaysia

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