The Contribution of Passenger Movement to Economic Growth in Malaysia

Taasim, Shairil and yusoff, remali (2017): The Contribution of Passenger Movement to Economic Growth in Malaysia.

Abstract

This study investigates the causal relations between passenger movement handled by Malaysia airports and economic growth per capita from 1990 to 2015 by using co-integration approach, Granger causality and vector autoregression (VAR) model. By applying time series analysis, we explored whether the two variables lead each other to Malaysia’s economic growth. The result showed that both variables integrated to enhance Malaysia’s economic performance.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Granger, Airports, Co-Integration, GDP per capita
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O21 - Planning Models ; Planning Policy

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