Direct tax, indirect tax and economic activities in developing countries: empirical evidence based on Malaysia data

• Main Authors: Zakaria, Z., Nabi, M. H.
• Format: Article
• Published: American Scientific Publishers 2016
• Subjects: HF Commerce
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/71620/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84985911725&doi=10.1166%2fasl.2016.6618&partnerID=40&md5=19e24d89c5f3cff925fd0243bbddbd7f

Economists argued that macroeconomic activity will be affected differently whether through indirect taxes or direct taxes. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the causality relationship between two types of tax categories (direct tax and indirect tax) and major macroeconomic variables based on Mal...