Corruption and Economic Growth : Evidence from Southeast Asia Countries

This study examines the relationship between corruption and economic growth of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) covering the period from 1996 to 2018. The pervasiveness of corruption and robust economic growth discover for most of ASEAN countries which opposed with the conventional...

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Main Author:	Tiang, Jang Haw
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	HB Economic Theory JA Political science (General) JQ Political institutions Asia
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32138/1/Tiang%20Jang%20ft.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.321382024-02-19T06:51:43Z Corruption and Economic Growth : Evidence from Southeast Asia Countries 2020-10-08 Tiang, Jang Haw HB Economic Theory JA Political science (General) JQ Political institutions Asia This study examines the relationship between corruption and economic growth of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) covering the period from 1996 to 2018. The pervasiveness of corruption and robust economic growth discover for most of ASEAN countries which opposed with the conventional propositions of detrimental effect of corruption on growth or development. Limited studies in this region unable to provide further empirical evidence to explain the discovered phenomena. Hence, the analysis is conducted based on the panel unit root test, panel cointegration test, panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) models, and panel causality test. The findings revealed there is significant U-shaped relationship between control of corruption and economic growth. The calculation of threshold of controlling corruption denotes ASEAN countries can achieve towards lower corruption levels and sustainable economic growth at the very beginning. The panel Granger causality test denotes causality between corruption and economic growth as well as other control variables are mutually complementary to one another. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2020-10 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32138/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32138/1/Tiang%20Jang%20ft.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Faculty of Economics and Business
institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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spellingShingle	HB Economic Theory JA Political science (General) JQ Political institutions Asia Tiang, Jang Haw Corruption and Economic Growth : Evidence from Southeast Asia Countries
description	This study examines the relationship between corruption and economic growth of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) covering the period from 1996 to 2018. The pervasiveness of corruption and robust economic growth discover for most of ASEAN countries which opposed with the conventional propositions of detrimental effect of corruption on growth or development. Limited studies in this region unable to provide further empirical evidence to explain the discovered phenomena. Hence, the analysis is conducted based on the panel unit root test, panel cointegration test, panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) models, and panel causality test. The findings revealed there is significant U-shaped relationship between control of corruption and economic growth. The calculation of threshold of controlling corruption denotes ASEAN countries can achieve towards lower corruption levels and sustainable economic growth at the very beginning. The panel Granger causality test denotes causality between corruption and economic growth as well as other control variables are mutually complementary to one another.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Tiang, Jang Haw
author_facet	Tiang, Jang Haw
author_sort	Tiang, Jang Haw
title	Corruption and Economic Growth : Evidence from Southeast Asia Countries
title_short	Corruption and Economic Growth : Evidence from Southeast Asia Countries
title_full	Corruption and Economic Growth : Evidence from Southeast Asia Countries
title_fullStr	Corruption and Economic Growth : Evidence from Southeast Asia Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Corruption and Economic Growth : Evidence from Southeast Asia Countries
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granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
granting_department	Faculty of Economics and Business
publishDate	2020
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32138/1/Tiang%20Jang%20ft.pdf
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Corruption and Economic Growth : Evidence from Southeast Asia Countries

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