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...
The elusive quest for high income status—Malaysia and Thailand in the post-crisis years
Kunal Sen
· Matthew Tyce
·Structural Change and Economic Dynamics ·2019
Both Malaysia and Thailand were seen to be part of the miracle growth economies of East Asia and fast moving into high income status in the early 1990s. Following the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of the mid 1990s, both countries have observ...
Impact of Microcredit on SMEs Performance in Malaysia
Christopher Gan
· Rafiatul Adlin Hj Mohd Ruslan
· Baiding Hu
· Nguyen Thi Thieu Quang
·International Journal of Business and Economics ·2020 ·JEL: L26; O53
This study investigates the relationship between access to microcredit and SMEs’ performance. Using survey data on SME’s owners/managers in Terengganu, Malaysia in 2016, the study investigates how access to microcredit affects SME sales and...
Energy consumption, economic growth and environmental degradation in 4 Asian countries : Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand
Suhal Kusairi
· Suriyani Muhamad
· Norizan Abdul Razak
· Aji Purba Trapsila
·Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business ·2021 ·JEL: D21, D23, M13, M14
This study examines the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the role of Malaysian local wisdom called “Ugahari” in managing Work–Life Balance (WLB) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. Data was obtained through...
Income inequality and ethnic cleavages in Malaysia: Evidence from distributional national accounts (1984–2014)
Muhammed Abdul Khalid
· Li Yang
·Journal of Asian Economics ·2021
In this paper, by combining information obtained from national accounts, household surveys, and fiscal data, we document the evolution of income inequality in Malaysia, not only at the national level (for the period of 1984–2014) but also b...
The Linkage Between Tourism Development and Economic Growth in Malaysia: A Nonlinear Approach
Mohammad Sharif Karimi
·International Economic Journal ·2018 ·JEL: C22; O11
In this study, we examine the nonlinear relationship between international tourism arrival and economic growth of Malaysia by using asymmetric models over the periods 2000:1–2015:4. The results show that the tourism arrival is positively re...