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Abstract

Money (inflation) has played a vital role in economic growth. However, the nexus between them has always drawn mesmerizing debates. From the thoughts of Classical and Keynes which argued the existence of money neutrality, to the level of empirical studies which find either positive or negative correlation between inflation and economic growth. Recent studies concerning the debatable relationship have evolved it into a hypothesis whether the relation is nonlinear with a threshold or a point where the link switches. This study aims to re-examine the causality between inflation and economic growth in ASEAN-5 countries period 2000Q1-2016Q4. The results based on Threshold Vector Autoregression model indicate the presence of a nonlinear relationship between the two variables.

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Bahasa Abstract

Uang (inflasi) memiliki peran penting dalam pertumbuhan ekonomi. Namun, hubungan di antaranya selalu menjadi topik perdebatan yang menarik perhatian. Dari pemikiran Klasik dan Keynes yang memiliki keyakinan berbeda terhadap sifat netral uang hingga di tataran studi empiris yang menemukan hubungan positif maupun negatif antara inflasi dan pertumbuhan ekonomi. Hal ini telah memotivasi beberapa penelitian baru untuk mengembangkan suatu hipotesis mengenai adanya relasi yang nonlinear dengan titik balik (threshold). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji kembali hubungan inflasi dan pertumbuhan ekonomi dalam wilayah ASEAN-5 periode 2000Q1–2016Q4. Hasil estimasi berdasarkan model Threshold Vector Autoregression, membuktikan adanya hubungan nonlinear pada kedua variabel tersebut.

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