The Behaviour Of Disaggregated Public Expenditures And Income In Malaysia

Abstract: The present study attempts to re-investigate the behaviour of disaggregated public expenditures data and national income for Malaysia. This study covers the sample period of annual data from 1960 to 2007. The Bartlett-corrected trace tests proposed by Johansen (2002) were used to ascertain...

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Main Authors: Tang, Chor-Foon, Lau, Evan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Review of Applied Economics 2011
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description Abstract: The present study attempts to re-investigate the behaviour of disaggregated public expenditures data and national income for Malaysia. This study covers the sample period of annual data from 1960 to 2007. The Bartlett-corrected trace tests proposed by Johansen (2002) were used to ascertain the presence of long run equilibrium relationship between public expenditures and national income. The results show one cointegrating vector for each specification of public expenditures. The relatively new MWALD test indicates a strong unidirectional causal effect runs from national income to public expenditures in Malaysia. While, bilateral causality evident exists merely between public expenditure on health and national income. In Malaysia, it is not a wise strategy to solely depend on fiscal policy for long-term economic development
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spelling unimas-17982021-07-05T12:55:56Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1798/ The Behaviour Of Disaggregated Public Expenditures And Income In Malaysia Tang, Chor-Foon Lau, Evan HJ Public Finance HM Sociology Abstract: The present study attempts to re-investigate the behaviour of disaggregated public expenditures data and national income for Malaysia. This study covers the sample period of annual data from 1960 to 2007. The Bartlett-corrected trace tests proposed by Johansen (2002) were used to ascertain the presence of long run equilibrium relationship between public expenditures and national income. The results show one cointegrating vector for each specification of public expenditures. The relatively new MWALD test indicates a strong unidirectional causal effect runs from national income to public expenditures in Malaysia. While, bilateral causality evident exists merely between public expenditure on health and national income. In Malaysia, it is not a wise strategy to solely depend on fiscal policy for long-term economic development Review of Applied Economics 2011 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1798/1/Tang.pdf Tang, Chor-Foon and Lau, Evan (2011) The Behaviour Of Disaggregated Public Expenditures And Income In Malaysia. REVIEW OF APPLIED ECONOMICS Vol. 7, No. 1-2,, 7 (1-2).
spellingShingle HJ Public Finance
HM Sociology
Tang, Chor-Foon
Lau, Evan
The Behaviour Of Disaggregated Public Expenditures And Income In Malaysia
title The Behaviour Of Disaggregated Public Expenditures And Income In Malaysia
title_full The Behaviour Of Disaggregated Public Expenditures And Income In Malaysia
title_fullStr The Behaviour Of Disaggregated Public Expenditures And Income In Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The Behaviour Of Disaggregated Public Expenditures And Income In Malaysia
title_short The Behaviour Of Disaggregated Public Expenditures And Income In Malaysia
title_sort behaviour of disaggregated public expenditures and income in malaysia
topic HJ Public Finance
HM Sociology
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1798/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1798/1/Tang.pdf