e-ISSN 2231-8542
ISSN 1511-3701
Phoong Seuk Yen and Phoong Seuk Wai
Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 25, Issue S, November 2017
Keywords: Augmented dickey-fuller test, gross domestic product, technology innovation, variance decomposition, vector autoregression mode
Published on: 7 May 2018
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a key indicator of a country's economic growth and its well-being. Technological innovation on the other hand is an important driver of growth for productivity and revenue. This paper examines the relationship between GDP per capita and government spending on technology innovation in Malaysia. on in Malaysia. It employs Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test, Vector Autoregression (VAR) model and variance decomposition to measure the estimation models. The results point to a strong positive relationship between GDP per capita and the expenditure on technology innovation. Furthermore, GDP has a large impact on Malaysia's government spending on technology innovation.
ISSN 1511-3701
e-ISSN 2231-8542