The less developed states are converging to the richer state in Malaysia: an empirical investigation with some robust results

• Main Authors: Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Din, Badariah, Sanusi, Nur Azura, Abdul Hamid, Baharom
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22551/1/19%29%20The%20less%20developed%20states%20are%20converging.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22551/; http://www.ijem.upm.edu.my/vol12_noS2/19)%20The%20less%20developed%20states%20are%20converging.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The present paper addresses the question whether the less developed states, namely; Kedah, Kelantan, Pahang, Perlis, Sabah, Sarawak and Terengganu are converging with the richer state of Selangor, using unit root test and cointegration approach to test for income convergence for the period 1970-2013...