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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no11.137

Public Debt and Economic Growth Nexus in Malaysia: An ARDL Approach  

YOONG, Foo Tzen (Faculty of Business, Economic and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu)
LATIP, Abdul Rahman Abdul (Faculty of Business, Economic and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu)
SANUSI, Nur Azura (Faculty of Business, Economic and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu)
KUSAIRI, Suhal (Faculty of Business, Economic and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.7, no.11, 2020 , pp. 137-145 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study is to find out the time-series nexus of public debt and economic growth in Malaysia. For an upper-middle income country, Malaysia had experienced over 50% ratio of debt to GDP since 2009 until now. The question arises is whether this trend is healthy to the economy. With a focus into the debt-to-GDP ratio from 1970-2015, this study investigates the short-run and long-run relationship between public debt and economic growth in Malaysia. This study used secondary data by collecting time-series data (1970-2015) from the World Bank Data and Bank Negara Malaysia. Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model is applied in this study to examine the relationship between debt and economic growth. Based on ARDL framework, it shows that there is a long-run effect between the debt and economic growth in Malaysia. While the significance value of Error Correction Term shows that there is a long-run adjustment in the short run. Generally, this study found government expenditures, in the long run, strongly influence the GDP per capita. Through the findings, the government expenditures could increase the GDP per capita. The study also reveals that any increment of the debt ratio will result in reduction of the GDP per capita.
Keywords
ARDL Approach; Debt Ratio; Economic Growth; Government Expenditure; GDP Per Capita;
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