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The Validity of Okun’s Law in Nigeria: A Difference Model Approach
BABALOLA, Sikiru Jimoh; SAKA, Jimoh Olakunle; ADENUGA, … - In: Asian Economic and Financial Review 3 (2013) 12, pp. 1598-1608
contrary to unemployment–output relationship even though  unemployment rate determines the real output growth in Nigeria  but … drastic reduction of unemployment which is a pointer to increasing aggregate demand and output growth in Nigeria in the long …
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Foreign Debt Management and the Development of Nigeria Economy
AJAO, Mayowa Gabriel; OGIEMUDIA, Aigbedo Omorose - In: Review of Economics & Finance 3 (2013) February, pp. 99-109
Nigeria over the period of 1979?2009. Data analysis shows that access to external finances strongly influence the economic … development process of Nigeria and other nations. The ordinary least square multiple regression analytical method is use to … examine the relationship between external debt management and economic development, while error correction model (ECM) is use …
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Capital Flight and Investment Dynamics in Nigeria: A Time Series Analysis (1970-2006)
Adesoye, A. Bolaji; Maku, Olukayode E.; Atanda, Akinwande A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study critically examines the implications of capital flight on investment growth in Nigeria between 1970 and 2006 … investment level in Nigeria, revealed that there exist long-run interaction. Though, capital flight was found to exert positive … result of the structural instability in the long-run was captured by the Error Correction Mechanism (ECM) model which was …
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Determinants of Selected Agricultural Export Crops in Nigeria: An Ecm Approach
Yusuf, Sina A.; Yusuf, W.A. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
This study examines the factors that determine the export performance of three major agricultural exportable commodities of cocoa, rubber and palm-kernel in the context of liberalization. Using time series data covering thirty three years and to avoid spurious result, error correction model was...
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Macroeconomic fluctuations,regime switching(structural breaks) and impulse responses:Nigerian evidence
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
understanding of the factors underlying the bulk of economic fluctuations in Nigeria. …
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Economic growth in a vulnerable island nation: an empirical study of the aid-growth nexus in Vanuatu
Jayaraman, T.K.; Ward, B.D. - In: Asia-Pacific Development Journal 13 (2006) 2, pp. 93-112
Among all the island countries of the world, Vanuatu, a small island nation in the South Pacific with a population of 220,000 was once ranked as the most vulnerable economy on the basis of having the least resilience to withstand the adverse impacts of external and internal shocks. Vanuatu is...
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The Relationship between Urbanization, Economic Growth and Energy Consumption in China: An Econometric Perspective Analysis
Zhao, Yabo; Wang, Shaojian - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 5, pp. 5609-5627
As the largest developing country in the world, with rapid economic growth, China has witnessed fast-paced urbanization development over the past three decades. In fact, urbanization has been shown to promote economic growth and improve the livelihood of people, but it can also increase energy...
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Cointegration Analysis on the Relation between Urbanization and Economic Growth in China
Liu, Ai-ying; Yao, Li-fen; Li, Qing-chen - In: Asian Agricultural Research 03 (2011) 03
This paper utilizes cointegration theory, error correcting model and Granger causality testing theory to make an empirical research on the relation between urbanization and GDP in China, and also implements a comparative analysis to the relation between three industries and degree of...
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The impact of financial development and trade on the economic growth of Bolivia
Bojanic, Antonio N. - In: Journal of Applied Economics XV (2012) May, pp. 51-70
methodology of cointegration analysis. Second, causality tests utilizing standard Granger regressions and ECM models are carried …
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Financial Development and Economic Growth in Sri Lanka
Perera, N.; Paudel, R.C. - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 9 (2009) 1
This study investigates the causal relationship between financial development and economic growth in Sri Lanka over the period 1955 to 2005. After considering the time series characteristics of six measures of financial development, Johansen cointegration and the appropriate Error Correction...
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