Saving dynamics in the Asian countries

This paper investigates empirically the factors that have influenced the savings behavior in the fast growing Asian economies-Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Both the short and long-run movements of savings are modeled during the 1960-1997. The empirical results of th...

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Main Authors: Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi, Thanoon, Marwan A., Rashid, Salim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2003
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112711/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112711/1/112711.pdf
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author Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi
Thanoon, Marwan A.
Rashid, Salim
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Thanoon, Marwan A.
Rashid, Salim
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description This paper investigates empirically the factors that have influenced the savings behavior in the fast growing Asian economies-Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Both the short and long-run movements of savings are modeled during the 1960-1997. The empirical results of the analysis based on time series data may be summarized as follows: (i) foreign savings deters domestic saving both in the short and long run; (ii) savings does not Granger cause economic growth, except for Singapore; (iii) the effect of interest rate on saving in Asian countries is inconclusive and it reflects the extent of financial liberalization adopted in these countries; and (iv) in the long run the causality runs from foreign to domestic savings.
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spelling upm-1127112025-03-05T03:40:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112711/ Saving dynamics in the Asian countries Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi Thanoon, Marwan A. Rashid, Salim This paper investigates empirically the factors that have influenced the savings behavior in the fast growing Asian economies-Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Both the short and long-run movements of savings are modeled during the 1960-1997. The empirical results of the analysis based on time series data may be summarized as follows: (i) foreign savings deters domestic saving both in the short and long run; (ii) savings does not Granger cause economic growth, except for Singapore; (iii) the effect of interest rate on saving in Asian countries is inconclusive and it reflects the extent of financial liberalization adopted in these countries; and (iv) in the long run the causality runs from foreign to domestic savings. Elsevier 2003 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112711/1/112711.pdf Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi and Thanoon, Marwan A. and Rashid, Salim (2003) Saving dynamics in the Asian countries. Journal of Asian Economics, 13 (6). pp. 827-845. ISSN 1049-0078; eISSN: 1873-7927 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1049007802001872 10.1016/s1049-0078(02)00187-2
spellingShingle Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi
Thanoon, Marwan A.
Rashid, Salim
Saving dynamics in the Asian countries
title Saving dynamics in the Asian countries
title_full Saving dynamics in the Asian countries
title_fullStr Saving dynamics in the Asian countries
title_full_unstemmed Saving dynamics in the Asian countries
title_short Saving dynamics in the Asian countries
title_sort saving dynamics in the asian countries
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112711/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112711/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112711/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112711/1/112711.pdf