Efficiency Analysis of State Goverments in the Malaysian Fiscal Federalism

• Main Authors: Abd. Ghani, Judhiana, Grewal, Bhajan S., Ahmed, Abdullahi D., Mohamed Nor, Norashidah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61680/1/Efficiency%20analysis%20of%20state%20government.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61680/; http://www.ijem.upm.edu.my/vol11_no2.htm

By analyzing state governments’ efficiency in allocating fiscal resources, this study evalu-ates the efficiency of state public finances under the Malaysian fiscal federalism. This is reflected in the policies, strategies and decisions made to allocate public expenditure as this measurement would...