Economic Development and Growth

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The Kuznets Curve, Information and Communication Technology, and Income Inequality in Malaysia

Jia-Jun Gabriel Yau · Siow-Hooi Tan ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2022 ·JEL: O33, O40

This study re-investigates the presence of the Kuznets curve in the context of Malaysia, by employing an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach. We seek to examine the non-linear impacts of economic growth on income inequality by in...

Testing the convergence and the divergence in five Asian countries: from a GMM model to a new Machine Learning algorithm

Cosimo Magazzino · Marco Mele · Nicolas Schneider ·Journal of Economic Studies ·2021 ·JEL: O41, C32, E10

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the economic convergence that operate between five selected Asian countries (namely Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia). In particular, it seeks to investigate how i...

Debt and economic growth in Asian developing countries

Evan Lau · Jaime Moll de Alba · Kim-Hing Liew ·Economic Analysis and Policy ·2022

External debt levels have increased dramatically over the past decades. Many Asian developing countries are trapped in unprecedented levels of indebtedness while utilizing a high level of external debt for fiscal activities. This study empi...

Financial development and economic growth in Malaysia: a nonlinear ARDL application

Chia-Guan Keh · Pei-Tha Gan · Yan-Teng Tan · Fatimah Salwa Binti Abd. Hadi · Norasibah Binti Abdul Jalil ·International Journal of Sustainable Economy ·2022

Determining the relationship between financial development and economic growth is important to make precise projections of economic growth. As most of these studies rely on a symmetric relationship, they can lead to misleading policy implic...

High Technology Trade and the Roles of Absorptive Capabilities in Malaysia

Leonard Fong Litt Lam (University Putra Malaysia)) · Siong Hook Law · W. N. W. Azman-Saini · Normaz Wana Ismail ·Millennial Asia ·2022

This article analyses the importance of high-technology trade as a channel of economic growth to ease Malaysia out of the middle-income trap. This study also wonders upon the missing absorptive capabilities that validate the likelihoods of...

Does conflict have negative consequences on economic growth in South Asia?

Abdul Rasheed Sithy Jesmy · Mohd Zaini Abd Karim · Shri Dewi Applanaidu ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: H56; O40; F50

The direct and indirect causes of armed conflict in South Asia is perhaps the single most important reason for increasing military expenditure. It is also a significant threat to the growth of national output in the region. This study exami...

Asset indexes and the measurement of poverty, inequality and welfare in Southeast Asia

Joseph Deutsch · Jacques Silber · Guanghua Wan · Mengxue Zhao ·Journal of Asian Economics ·2020 ·JEL: D31 – I31

Using data on household consumer durables from the Asian Barometer Survey, this paper examines the evolution of inequality, poverty and welfare in six countries of South East Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand an...

Nexus between Financial Development and Income Inequality before Pandemic Covid-19: Does Financial Kuznets Curve Exist in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines?

Abdul Rahim Ridzuan · Shahsuzan Zakaria · Bayu Arie Fianto · Nora Yusma Mohamed Yusoff · Nor Fatimah Che Sulaiman · Mohamad Idham Md Razak · Siswantini · Arsiyanti Lestari ·International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy ·2021 ·JEL: G10, F62

This study offers new insights for policymakers to reduce income inequality, thus ensuring economic growth which greatly benefits the poor segment of population and directing financial sector to provide easy access to financial resources fo...

Flying with the Dragon: Estimating Developing Countries’ Gains from China’s Imports

Xuefeng Qian · Kalsoom Rafi Que · Yingna Wu ·China and World Economy ·2020 ·JEL: F14, F16, J23, O10

As a large trading nation, China competes with importing countries’ domestic and thirdcountry markets but also creates growth opportunities for exporters. Most studies on China trade shocks or “China shocks” focuse on the impacts of import...

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