Economic Shock and Resilience in Malaysia

The economic resiliency of an economy is determined by various factors and may he represented by various indicators. One of these indicators is fiscal balance. This study examines the resiliency of the Malaysian economy by examining the impact of economic shocks on fiscal balance using standard tim...

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Main Authors: Othman, Zaiton, Hassan, Sallahuddin
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Language:English
Published: 2016
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spelling my.uum.repo.251702018-12-11T02:38:10Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/25170/ Economic Shock and Resilience in Malaysia Othman, Zaiton Hassan, Sallahuddin HG Finance The economic resiliency of an economy is determined by various factors and may he represented by various indicators. One of these indicators is fiscal balance. This study examines the resiliency of the Malaysian economy by examining the impact of economic shocks on fiscal balance using standard time series method for the period 1980 - 2012. The study uncovers evidence of a significant impact of the world recession 1985 on fiscal balance. Unemployment rates and inflation are also significant in determining fiscal balance. The study also identifies a short run causality running from the Asian Financial Crisis 1997 to fiscal balance. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/25170/1/ECoFI%202016%20325-332_1.PDF Othman, Zaiton and Hassan, Sallahuddin (2016) Economic Shock and Resilience in Malaysia. In: 3rd Annual ECoFI Symposium 2016 18-19 December 2016, Kedah, Malaysia, 18-19 Dicember 2016, Universiti Utara Malaysia,Kedah.
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Othman, Zaiton
Hassan, Sallahuddin
Economic Shock and Resilience in Malaysia
description The economic resiliency of an economy is determined by various factors and may he represented by various indicators. One of these indicators is fiscal balance. This study examines the resiliency of the Malaysian economy by examining the impact of economic shocks on fiscal balance using standard time series method for the period 1980 - 2012. The study uncovers evidence of a significant impact of the world recession 1985 on fiscal balance. Unemployment rates and inflation are also significant in determining fiscal balance. The study also identifies a short run causality running from the Asian Financial Crisis 1997 to fiscal balance.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Othman, Zaiton
Hassan, Sallahuddin
author_facet Othman, Zaiton
Hassan, Sallahuddin
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title Economic Shock and Resilience in Malaysia
title_short Economic Shock and Resilience in Malaysia
title_full Economic Shock and Resilience in Malaysia
title_fullStr Economic Shock and Resilience in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Economic Shock and Resilience in Malaysia
title_sort economic shock and resilience in malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/25170/1/ECoFI%202016%20325-332_1.PDF
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