 Assessment of the global financial crisis effects on energy consumption and economic growth in Malaysia: An input–output analysisHussain Ali Bekhet and Tahira Yasmin International Economics, 2014, issue 140, 49-70 Abstract: During the last three decades, dependence on foreign trade has increased sharply in Malaysia, causing the Malaysian economy to become increasingly export-oriented. The global financial crisis (GFC) affected Malaysia?s economic growth tremendously in the fourth quarter of 2008, and policy makers subsequently adopted effective measures to avoid future crises. The government unveiled two stimulus packages; the first—totalling RM7 billion (US$1.9 billion), accounting for 1.04% of the GDP—was launched in November 2008 while the second—totalling RM60 billion (US$16.2 billion), or 9% of the GDP—was launched in March 2009. The objectives of this paper are to (1) discuss the influence of the GFC on Malaysia?s trade and energy consumption and (2) analyse the effect of the Malaysian government?s stimulus plans for economic revival using an input–output model. The results indicate that the drop in exports caused by the GFC led to a 13% decrease in GDP and a 16% reduction in energy consumption. The stimulus packages led to 1.83% and 4.64% increases in economic growth and energy consumption, respectively. Keywords: Global financial crisis; Energy consumption; Economic growth; Input–output model; Malaysia (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cii:cepiie:2014-q4-140-4 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Economics from CEPII research center Contact information at EDIRC. |
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