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...

This paper examines the relationship between interest rate liberalisation policies and sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. Employing the autoregressive-distributed lag (ARDL) - bounds testing approach and using GDP per capita as economic growth indicator, the paper establishes a long run...

In this paper, we examine the causal relationship between export growth and economic growth. The causal relationship between exports and economic growth has been a subject of extensive debate in recent years. There are currently three dominant views regarding the relationship between exports and...

In this study, we examine the causal relationship between government expenditure and economic growth - using the recently developed ARDL-bounds testing approach. The causal relationship between government expenditure and economic growth has been a subject of extensive debate in recent years....

In this study we examine the dynamic causal relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in Zimbabwe using the modern time-series techniques. Specifically, we employ the ARDL-bounds testing approach to examine the FDI-growth linkage. We also employ the...

This paper examines the dynamic causal relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth in Ghana within a trivariate ARDL framework, for the period 1971–2012.The paper obviates the variable omission bias, and the use of cross-sectional techniques that characterise most existing...