Causality between government revenue and expenditure in Malaysia: A seasonal cointegration test

Goh, Soo Khoon and Dawood, Mithani (1999): Causality between government revenue and expenditure in Malaysia: A seasonal cointegration test. Published in: ASEAN Economic Bulletin , Vol. 16, No. 1 (1999): pp. 68-79.

Abstract

The objective of this article is to empirically incorporate the effect of seasonality in examining the causal relationship between quarterly government revenue and governemnt expenditure in Malaysia for the period 1970.1- 1994.4. The seasonal integration and cointegration tests developed by Hylleberg, Engle, Granger and Yoo (1990) and extended by Engle, Granger, Hylleberg and lee (1993) are applied prior to determination of causality. Evidence of seasonal cointegration of biaanual frequency is found.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: causality, government expenditure and revenue, Malaysia
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook > E62 - Fiscal Policy

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