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Interest rate reforms, financial deepening and economic growth in Kenya:an empirical investigation
Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Journal of Developing Areas 43 (2009) 1, pp. 295-313
This paper examines the impact of interest rate reforms on financial deepening and economic growth in Kenya, using two models: the financial deepening model and the dynamic Granger causality model. The study attempts to answer two critical questions: Does interest rate liberalization in Kenya...
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Trade openness and economic growth : empirical evidence from Lesotho
Malefane, Malefa R.; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Global business review 22 (2021) 5, pp. 1103-1119
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660311
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Financial development in Botswana: in search of a finance-led growth response
Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: International journal of sustainable economy 5 (2013) 4, pp. 341-356
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010248450
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Is export-led growth hypothesis still valid for sub-Saharan African countries? : new evidence from panel data analysis
Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: European journal of management and business economics : … 31 (2022) 1, pp. 77-93
Purpose - This study examines the causal relationship between exports and economic growth in sub-Saharan African (SSA …/methodology/approach - The study uses a panel cointegration test and panel Granger-causality model to examine the link between exports and growth …. The study also incorporates external debt as an intermittent variable in a bivariate setting between exports and economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012872382
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Is export-led growth hypothesis still valid for Sub-Saharan African countries? : new evidence from panel data analysis
Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198857
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Exogenous and Endogenous Growth Models: a Critical Review
Chirwa, Themba G.; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 21 (2018) 4, pp. 63-84
The main divisions of the theoretical economic growth literature that we study today include exogenous and endogenous growth models that have transitioned through a number of notions and criticisms. Proponents of exogenous growth models argue that technological progress is the key determinant of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204580
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Exogenous and endogenous growth models : a critical review
Chirwa, Themba G.; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 21 (2018) 4, pp. 63-84
The main divisions of the theoretical economic growth literature that we study today include exogenous and endogenous growth models that have transitioned through a number of notions and criticisms. Proponents of exogenous growth models argue that technological progress is the key determinant of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011960123
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Can monetary policy drive economic growth? : empirical evidence from Tanzania
Twinoburyo, Enock Nyorekwa; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Contemporary economics 12 (2018) 2, pp. 207-222
The role of monetary policy in promoting economic growth remains empirically an open research question. This paper attempts to bridge the knowledge gap by investigating the impact of monetary policy on economic growth in Tanzania during the period from 1975 to 2013, using the autoregressive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011889569
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Government debt, government debt service and economic growth nexus in Zambia : a multivariate analysis
Saungweme, Talknice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-17
This paper explores the causal relationships between public debt and economic growth, and between public debt service and economic growth in Zambia for the period from 1970 to 2017. Unlike previous studies on this subject that relied on bivariate frameworks, this paper includes fiscal balance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012024003
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Financial sector reforms and economic growth in Ghana : a dynamic ARDL model
Owusu, Erasmus L.; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Contemporary economics 9 (2015) 2, pp. 181-192
This paper examines the relationship between financial sector reforms and sustainable economic growth in Ghana. Employing the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach and using GDP per capita as a growth indicator, this paper establishes a long-run relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011306016