Fiscal Sustainability: An Empirical Investigation in Sarawak
This paper examines the fiscal sustainability condition for Sarawak during 1971 to 2004. We also split the sample period into the pre-crisis (1971-1996) to investigate the disparities between the two empirical samples. Empirical validation from the time series analysis finds that government revenue,...
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| author | Evan, Lau Magdalene Hua-Ling, Tiong Jeffrey, Ling |
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| description | This paper examines the fiscal sustainability condition for Sarawak during 1971 to 2004. We also split the sample period into the pre-crisis (1971-1996) to investigate the disparities between the two empirical samples. Empirical validation from the time series analysis finds that government revenue, government expenditure and Gross domestic Product (GDP) are cointegrated, which provides some support for the position that Sarawak’s budget deficit is sustainable in the long run in both sampling periods. The results also found support for coefficient of expenditure being unity in both periods. This finding suggests that reducing the size of government spending may improve fiscal budget deficits without having to undergo changes in the overall strategy. |
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| spelling | unimas-72912015-04-28T00:40:15Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7291/ Fiscal Sustainability: An Empirical Investigation in Sarawak Evan, Lau Magdalene Hua-Ling, Tiong Jeffrey, Ling HC Economic History and Conditions This paper examines the fiscal sustainability condition for Sarawak during 1971 to 2004. We also split the sample period into the pre-crisis (1971-1996) to investigate the disparities between the two empirical samples. Empirical validation from the time series analysis finds that government revenue, government expenditure and Gross domestic Product (GDP) are cointegrated, which provides some support for the position that Sarawak’s budget deficit is sustainable in the long run in both sampling periods. The results also found support for coefficient of expenditure being unity in both periods. This finding suggests that reducing the size of government spending may improve fiscal budget deficits without having to undergo changes in the overall strategy. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7291/1/Fiscal%20Sustainability%20An%20Empirical%20Investigation%20in%20Sarawak%20%2810%25%29.pdf Evan, Lau and Magdalene Hua-Ling, Tiong and Jeffrey, Ling (2009) Fiscal Sustainability: An Empirical Investigation in Sarawak. International Journal of Economics and Management, 3 (1). pp. 62-72. ISSN 1823 - 836X http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol3no1/bab05.pdf |
| spellingShingle | HC Economic History and Conditions Evan, Lau Magdalene Hua-Ling, Tiong Jeffrey, Ling Fiscal Sustainability: An Empirical Investigation in Sarawak |
| title | Fiscal Sustainability: An Empirical Investigation in Sarawak |
| title_full | Fiscal Sustainability: An Empirical Investigation in Sarawak |
| title_fullStr | Fiscal Sustainability: An Empirical Investigation in Sarawak |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fiscal Sustainability: An Empirical Investigation in Sarawak |
| title_short | Fiscal Sustainability: An Empirical Investigation in Sarawak |
| title_sort | fiscal sustainability: an empirical investigation in sarawak |
| topic | HC Economic History and Conditions |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7291/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7291/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7291/1/Fiscal%20Sustainability%20An%20Empirical%20Investigation%20in%20Sarawak%20%2810%25%29.pdf |