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Credit and the housing boom in Malaysia: A come back?

Credit and the housing boom in Malaysia: A come back?
Credit and the housing boom in Malaysia: A come back?
This article investigates the existence of credit and housing booms in the Malaysian economy, with high levels of household indebtedness. The results reveal that both the credit boom and the housing boom exist and imply the fragility of the financial sector of the economy.
credit booms, housing prices, household indebtedness, risk, fragility
2254-4380
110-115
Mohd Daud, Siti Nurazira
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Ahmad, Abd Halim
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Podivinsky, Jan
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Mohd Daud, Siti Nurazira
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Ahmad, Abd Halim
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Podivinsky, Jan
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Mohd Daud, Siti Nurazira, Ahmad, Abd Halim and Podivinsky, Jan (2018) Credit and the housing boom in Malaysia: A come back? Economics and Business Letters, 6 (4), 110-115. (doi:10.17811/ebl.6.4.2017.110-115).

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This article investigates the existence of credit and housing booms in the Malaysian economy, with high levels of household indebtedness. The results reveal that both the credit boom and the housing boom exist and imply the fragility of the financial sector of the economy.

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Accepted/In Press date: 5 March 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 March 2018
Keywords: credit booms, housing prices, household indebtedness, risk, fragility

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Local EPrints ID: 421003
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/421003
ISSN: 2254-4380
PURE UUID: eaa711c5-1478-4643-b6e8-2f6af3c38db3
ORCID for Jan Podivinsky: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4921-1189

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Date deposited: 21 May 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:33

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Author: Siti Nurazira Mohd Daud
Author: Abd Halim Ahmad
Author: Jan Podivinsky ORCID iD

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