Re-visiting the Savings-Led Growth Hypothesis and Its Stability in East Asian Economies

Chor Foon Tang and Eu Chye Tan

International Economic Journal, 2017, vol. 31, issue 3, 436-447

Abstract: The causal relationships between savings and economic growth have been given special attention because it has significant implication on policy-making. Nevertheless, the direction of causality remains unclear as previous studies failed to provide persuasive evidence to support the savings-led growth hypothesis. Therefore, the primary aim of this study is to empirically re-investigate the savings–growth nexus in selected East Asian economies. It covers the quarterly sample period from 1970:Q1 to 2011:Q4. Our empirical results reveal that savings, economic growth and some other variables are cointegrated in these economies. Additionally, the causality results exhibit that the causal effect from savings to economic growth is stable over the period of analysis. Therefore, the probability of success in boosting economic growth through any policy action to induce greater savings is the greatest in the case of East Asian economies.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/10168737.2017.1325386

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