Tourism, Health and Income in Malaysia

This study employed the ARDL bounds test and Granger causality test to investigate long- and the short-run relationships among economic development, tourism sector development, and health care sector development in Malaysia. Annual time series data from 1981–2011 also were employed in this study. B...

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Main Authors: Cheah Chan-Fatt, Abdul-Rahim A.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2014-01-01
Series:SHS Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20141201039
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Summary:This study employed the ARDL bounds test and Granger causality test to investigate long- and the short-run relationships among economic development, tourism sector development, and health care sector development in Malaysia. Annual time series data from 1981–2011 also were employed in this study. Based on our tests, there is a long-run relationship from economic development to health care sector development and from tourism development to health care sector development.
ISSN:2261-2424