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Credit and the housing boom in Malaysa: a come back?

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  • Siti Nurazira Mohd Daud
  • Abd Halim Ahmad
  • Jan M Podivinsky

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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. Â

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  • Siti Nurazira Mohd Daud & Abd Halim Ahmad & Jan M Podivinsky, 2017. "Credit and the housing boom in Malaysa: a come back?," Economics and Business Letters, Oviedo University Press, vol. 6(4), pages 110-115.
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    1. Ferlito, Carmelo, 2018. "Affordable Housing and Cyclical Fluctuations: The Malaysian Property Market," EconStor Research Reports 181457, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    2. Ferlito, Carmelo, 2018. "The Malaysian Property Boom and Bust Cycle: History Repeating?," EconStor Conference Papers 190772, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.

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