Fiscal decentralisation and economic growth across states: new evidence from Malaysia

• Main Authors: Abd Ghani, Judhiana, Muhamad Senan, Mohamad Khair Afham, Abdullahi, Asna Atqa, Mohd Noor, Norashidah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97349/1/10.%20Fiscal%20Decentralisation%20and%20Economic%20Growth.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97349/; http://www.ijem.upm.edu.my/vol15no3/10.%20Fiscal%20Decentralisation%20and%20Economic%20Growth.pdf

The link between fiscal decentralisation and state-level economic growth has often been overlooked, particularly in Malaysia, with its highly centralised federal fiscal system. Thus, using data from all 13 Malaysian states from 2006 to 2018, this study evaluated the degree of fiscal decentralisatio...