Identifying drivers of the Malaysian economy using policy-relevant measures

• Main Authors: Saari, Mohd Yusof, Utit, Chakrin, Hamid, Nur Adilah, Maji, Ibrahim Kabiru, Hassan, Azman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya and Malaysian Economic Association 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62075/1/Identifying%20drivers%20of%20the%20Malaysian%20economy%20using%20policy-relevant%20measures.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62075/; https://mjes.um.edu.my/index.php/MJES/article/view/2607

Input-output linkages and multipliers are the two measures that are frequently used to find the drivers of an economy. Deriving from these two measures based on the traditional approach fails to consider the relative sectoral sizes. This paper introduces new linkage and multiplier measures that do n...