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Relationship between exports, imports, and economic growth in France: evidence from cointegration analysis and Granger causality with using geostatistical models
Amiri, Arshia; Gerdtham, Ulf-G - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper introduces a new way of investigating linear and nonlinear Granger causality between exports, imports and … causality from exports and imports to economic growth. However the F-statistic of improved-VEC is larger than VEC indicating …
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Economic growth and the role of trade in intermediates
Turco, Alessia Lo - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 1, pp. 596-615
We estimate the effect of imports and exports of intermediates on economic growth in a panel of more than 100 among … especially confined to imports from high income economies. Exports do not appear to affect growth in the long run. … developed and developing economies across the period 1976-2008. We find that both capital and intermediate imports positively …
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Impact of trade openness on economic growth among ECOWAS Countries : 1975-2017
Ijirshar, Victor U. - In: CBN journal of applied statistics 10 (2019) 1, pp. 75-96
This study assesses the impact of trade openness on economic growth among ECOWAS countries using secondary data from 1975 to 2017. The study uses non-stationary heterogeneous dynamic panel models through the application of Pooled Mean Group (PMG) and Mean Group (MG) estimators since time...
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Increasing household debts and its relation to GDP, interest rate and house price: Malaysia’s perspective
Rahman, Sharezan; Masih, Mansur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The increase in household debts in Malaysia which has escalated to about 86% of total GDP is deemed to be at worrying stage as it may in turn trigger another financial crisis. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the increase in household debts and its relation to GDP, interest rate and...
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Which type of government revenue leads government expenditure?
Abdi, Zeinab; Masih, Mansur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This Malaysia is a developing Islamic state that faced government budget deficit since 1998. It is undeniable that a budget deficit or inability to cover government spending is not positively seen by external parties. The optimum level of government budget is the state where government spending...
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Are The Profit Rates of the Islamic Investment Deposit Accounts Truly Performance Based? A Case Study of Malaysia
Hussan, Subithabhanu; Masih, Mansur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In this study we were motivated to ascertain whether the profit rates of the investment deposit accounts based on the profit and loss sharing contracts offered by the Islamic banks are truly based on the performance of the underlying assets or otherwise, by taking Malaysia as our case study....
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Causality between Malaysian Islamic Stock Market and Macroeconomic Variables
Naseri, Marjan; Masih, Mansur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper makes an attempt to analyse the causality between Islamic stock market and three macroeconomic variables in the case of Malaysia. Although there are numerous studies investigating relationship between conventional stock market and macroeconomic fundamentals, there is a certain gap in...
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Are Islamic Banks Truly Shariah Compliant? An Application of Time Series Multivariate Forecasting Techniques to Islamic Bank Financing
Rafi, Umar; Masih, Mansur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper analyzes the Shariah compliant nature of Islamic banks (IB) by using Time Series Multivariate Forecasting techniques to test the correlation and direction of causality between interest rates and IB financing . Islamic finance defines a 0% Interest rate, both on the asset and on the...
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Is gold good for hedging? lessons from the Malaysian sectoral stock indices
Rahim, Yasmin; Masih, Mansur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Econometricians had been blamed for the financial crises that occurred due to their giving a ‘false hope’ to investors and policy makers using untested theoretical assumptions. Therefore, econometricians had been challenged to reform their studies by grounding them more solidly on reality....
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Effects of Trade on Growth in Nigeria’s Open Economy: Econometric Analysis - Effetti del commercio internazionale sulla crescita della Nigeria: un’analisi econometrica
Tombofa, Stephen S.; Karimo, Tamarauntari M. - In: Economia Internazionale / International Economics 67 (2014) 4, pp. 517-529
This study attempted to quantify the relationship between international trade and overall economic performance in Nigeria. Specifically, this study examined the correlation between economic growth and each of export performance and import penetration, as well as the effect of export performance,...
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