The Effect of Public Debt on Energy-Growth Nexus: Threshold Regression Analysis

ASEAN countries are dealing with challenging external environment recently with the deterioration of the global commodity price and the volatility of oil price. Most of the developing countries rely heavily on the energy consumption for the economic development purpose especially ASEAN countries...

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Main Authors: Sze, Wei Yong, Hooi, Hooi Lean, Kueh, Jerome
Other Authors: Ee, Shiang Lim
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2016
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/53679/
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author Sze, Wei Yong
Hooi, Hooi Lean
Kueh, Jerome
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Sze, Wei Yong
Hooi, Hooi Lean
Kueh, Jerome
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description ASEAN countries are dealing with challenging external environment recently with the deterioration of the global commodity price and the volatility of oil price. Most of the developing countries rely heavily on the energy consumption for the economic development purpose especially ASEAN countries which are the major energy exporter like Malaysia and Indonesia. This study aims to examine the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth from the perspective of public debt for Indonesia and Malaysia between periods of 2000 - 2013 via the threshold regression analysis. Our empirical results indicate that there are significant relationship between energy consumption and economic growth from the public debt threshold perspective for both countries. The analysis of Indonesia shows that higher level of public debt will lead to greater impact on energy consumption and economic nexus. In contrast, the impact of the energy consumption on economic growth for the case of Malaysia indicates a diminishing trend in the energy and economic growth nexus when the public debt is above the threshold level. Important policy implication from this study suggests that Indonesia and Malaysia should be more careful in formulating the energy consumption related policy by considering different perspectives such as public debt level of the nation. Moreover, both countries should consider reducing their dependence on the nonrenewable energy resources and shifting to renewable energy resources such as solar, hydro, landfill gas for their economic development in the future.
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spelling usm-536792022-07-28T06:42:59Z http://eprints.usm.my/53679/ The Effect of Public Debt on Energy-Growth Nexus: Threshold Regression Analysis Sze, Wei Yong Hooi, Hooi Lean Kueh, Jerome H1-99 Social sciences (General) ASEAN countries are dealing with challenging external environment recently with the deterioration of the global commodity price and the volatility of oil price. Most of the developing countries rely heavily on the energy consumption for the economic development purpose especially ASEAN countries which are the major energy exporter like Malaysia and Indonesia. This study aims to examine the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth from the perspective of public debt for Indonesia and Malaysia between periods of 2000 - 2013 via the threshold regression analysis. Our empirical results indicate that there are significant relationship between energy consumption and economic growth from the public debt threshold perspective for both countries. The analysis of Indonesia shows that higher level of public debt will lead to greater impact on energy consumption and economic nexus. In contrast, the impact of the energy consumption on economic growth for the case of Malaysia indicates a diminishing trend in the energy and economic growth nexus when the public debt is above the threshold level. Important policy implication from this study suggests that Indonesia and Malaysia should be more careful in formulating the energy consumption related policy by considering different perspectives such as public debt level of the nation. Moreover, both countries should consider reducing their dependence on the nonrenewable energy resources and shifting to renewable energy resources such as solar, hydro, landfill gas for their economic development in the future. Universiti Sains Malaysia Ee, Shiang Lim Chee, Hong Law Hooi, Hooi Lean 2016 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/53679/1/pages%20from%209-16%20iccei2016-proceedings.pdf Sze, Wei Yong and Hooi, Hooi Lean and Kueh, Jerome (2016) The Effect of Public Debt on Energy-Growth Nexus: Threshold Regression Analysis. In: Proceedings of Second International Conference on Contemporary Economic Issues. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bali, Indonesia, pp. 9-16. ISBN 978-967-11473-6-8
spellingShingle H1-99 Social sciences (General)
Sze, Wei Yong
Hooi, Hooi Lean
Kueh, Jerome
The Effect of Public Debt on Energy-Growth Nexus: Threshold Regression Analysis
title The Effect of Public Debt on Energy-Growth Nexus: Threshold Regression Analysis
title_full The Effect of Public Debt on Energy-Growth Nexus: Threshold Regression Analysis
title_fullStr The Effect of Public Debt on Energy-Growth Nexus: Threshold Regression Analysis
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Public Debt on Energy-Growth Nexus: Threshold Regression Analysis
title_short The Effect of Public Debt on Energy-Growth Nexus: Threshold Regression Analysis
title_sort effect of public debt on energy-growth nexus: threshold regression analysis
topic H1-99 Social sciences (General)
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