1st Edition

Financial Development and Economic Growth in Malaysia

By James B. Ang Copyright 2009
214 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is concerned with the role of financial intermediation in economic development and growth in the context of Malaysia. Using an analytical framework, the author investigates the Malaysian economy from 1960 onwards to examine how far financial development has progressed in the course of economic development, and whether it has been instrumental in promoting economic growth. A... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Finance and Development  3. The Malaysian Economy and its Financial System  4. Data, Variable Construction and Estimation  5. Financial Deepening and its Determinants  6. The Patterns and Determinants of Private Savings  7. The Determinants of Private Investment  8. The Saving and Investment Nexus  9. Financial Intermediation and Economic Growth  10. Conclusion

Biography

James B. Ang is Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Monash University, Australia. His research interests are Finance and Development, Financial Liberalization, Macroeconomics and the Southeast Asian Economies.