2007 XXXI 4

Does financial development cause economic growth in the ASEAN-4 Countries?

Shabri Abd. Majid and Mahrizal
Savings and Development Vol. 31(2007), No. 4, pp. 369-398

This paper empirically examines the short- and long-run finance-growth nexus during the post-1997 financial crisis in the ASEAN-4 countries (i.e., Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines) by employing battery of times series techniques [...]

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Private savings, growth, dependency ratio and foreign capital: some issues and lessons from Malaysia

Marwan Abdul-Malik Thanoon and Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah
Savings and Development Vol. 31(2007), No. 4, pp. 399-417

This paper presents an empirical assessment of the determinants of private savings rate in Malaysia by focusing on the role of foreign savings and economic growth. The analysis, based on 40 years of observations, reveals that in the long-run [...]

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The impact of full removal of capital account controls on foreign direct investment (FDI) flows for Barbados using an impulse response function

Trevor Campbell
Savings and Development Vol. 31(2007), No. 4, pp. 419-430

This paper seeks to examine the impact of full removal of capital account controls on real FDI flows for Barbados using an impulse response function. The results show that considerable volatility takes place in the first five years but since this [...]

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Financial liberalization, financial development and economic growth: evidence from Bangladesh

Sarkar Humayun Kabir and Hafiz Al Asad Bin Hoque
Savings and Development Vol. 31(2007), No. 4, pp. 431-448

Bangladesh started the process of financial liberalization since the late 1980’s. Like many other underdeveloped countries the consequences of financial liberalization in Bangladesh are dubious. Previous studies done in within the context of [...]

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Macroeconomic variables and stock returns in Malaysia: an application of the ARDL bound testing approach

Rosylin Mohd. Yusof and M. Shabri Abd. Majid
Savings and Development Vol. 31(2007), No. 4, pp. 449-469

The study seeks to explore the extent to which macroeconomic variables affect the stock market behavior in the emerging market of Malaysia in the post 1997 financial crisis period, using the latest time series econometrics technique to test for [...]

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