Abstract
Government spending is a provision that the government used to finance government projects, such as administration, defense and public goods provision in order to achieve economic growth. In other words, government spending is a component that contributes to the economic growth in each country. Economic growth can gauge the performance of a country's development, such as increasing total output of goods, infrastructure development, development education and defense. This increase can be seen when the GDP growth in Malaysia recorded an increase of 6.3% in 2007 compared with 5.8% in 2006. This study empirically analyzes the relationship between government spending, population and employment towards economic growth in Malaysia which were measured by Malaysia GDP in 1980 to 2009. Government spending has a strong relationship towards economic growth which it can influences in many ways such as spending for better infrastructure can attract foreigner to invest in Malaysia. This study uses the data from government spending, population, and employment as independent variables. This study will be used simple linear regression by using single regression model and multiple regression analysis to see the relationships between dependent and independent variables
Metadata
Item Type: | Thesis (Degree) |
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Creators: | Creators Email / ID Num. Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Faris 2009603018 |
Contributors: | Contribution Name Email / ID Num. Thesis advisor Mohd Yusoff, Tuan Hj Zahari UNSPECIFIED |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory. Demography > Business cycles. Economic fluctuations. Economic indicators H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory. Demography > Business cycles. Economic fluctuations. Economic indicators > Economic forecasting H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Economic development. Development economics. Economic growth |
Divisions: | Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kelantan > Kota Bharu Campus > Faculty of Business and Management |
Keywords: | Administration, defense and public goods provision |
Date: | April 2011 |
URI: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33462 |
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