Testing for Convergence and Catching-Up for Kedah with the Rest of the States in Malaysia: A Panel Unit Root Test Analysis
In Malaysia, the issue of economic convergence is much debated. Despite various Malaysia Development Plans for the past three decades, regional disparity among states persists. Therefore, the objective of the present paper is to address the question whether the state of Kedah has been converging, c...
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| author | Muzafar Shah, Habibullah Dayang Affizzah, Awang Marikan Lim, Kian Ping Puah, Chin Hong |
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| description | In Malaysia, the issue of economic convergence is much debated. Despite various Malaysia Development Plans for
the past three decades, regional disparity among states persists. Therefore, the objective of the present paper is to address the question whether the state of Kedah has been converging, catching up or falling behind other states in
Malaysia. The panel unit root test results, obtained using the annual data for the period 1961-2003, suggest that the
state of Kedah has been catching-up with other states. In this respect, the local government has an important role to
play in enhancing the growth by continuously providing stable economic environment for investment and other
productive economic activities |
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| spelling | unimas-183612023-03-23T07:23:08Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18361/ Testing for Convergence and Catching-Up for Kedah with the Rest of the States in Malaysia: A Panel Unit Root Test Analysis Muzafar Shah, Habibullah Dayang Affizzah, Awang Marikan Lim, Kian Ping Puah, Chin Hong HB Economic Theory In Malaysia, the issue of economic convergence is much debated. Despite various Malaysia Development Plans for the past three decades, regional disparity among states persists. Therefore, the objective of the present paper is to address the question whether the state of Kedah has been converging, catching up or falling behind other states in Malaysia. The panel unit root test results, obtained using the annual data for the period 1961-2003, suggest that the state of Kedah has been catching-up with other states. In this respect, the local government has an important role to play in enhancing the growth by continuously providing stable economic environment for investment and other productive economic activities IUP 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18361/1/Muzafar.pdf Muzafar Shah, Habibullah and Dayang Affizzah, Awang Marikan and Lim, Kian Ping and Puah, Chin Hong (2009) Testing for Convergence and Catching-Up for Kedah with the Rest of the States in Malaysia: A Panel Unit Root Test Analysis. The IUP Journal of Applied Finance, 15 (3). pp. 1-12. ISSN 0972-5105 http://www.iupindia.in/309/IJAF_Testing_for_convergence_49.html |
| spellingShingle | HB Economic Theory Muzafar Shah, Habibullah Dayang Affizzah, Awang Marikan Lim, Kian Ping Puah, Chin Hong Testing for Convergence and Catching-Up for Kedah with the Rest of the States in Malaysia: A Panel Unit Root Test Analysis |
| title | Testing for Convergence and Catching-Up for Kedah with the Rest of the States in Malaysia: A Panel Unit Root Test Analysis |
| title_full | Testing for Convergence and Catching-Up for Kedah with the Rest of the States in Malaysia: A Panel Unit Root Test Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Testing for Convergence and Catching-Up for Kedah with the Rest of the States in Malaysia: A Panel Unit Root Test Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Testing for Convergence and Catching-Up for Kedah with the Rest of the States in Malaysia: A Panel Unit Root Test Analysis |
| title_short | Testing for Convergence and Catching-Up for Kedah with the Rest of the States in Malaysia: A Panel Unit Root Test Analysis |
| title_sort | testing for convergence and catching-up for kedah with the rest of the states in malaysia: a panel unit root test analysis |
| topic | HB Economic Theory |
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