type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>The study explores Africa's regional integration models with a view to determining their suitability or otherwise for rapid economic growth. Using annual data spanning 1980–2012, the study employs the Johansen (<link href="#afdr12096-bib-0008"/>) and the Johansen and Juselius (<link href="#afdr12096-bib-0009"/>) method of...</p>

The paper determines empirically the local conditions and policy environment that influence the absorptive capacity of credit in the Nigerian economy for the period 1993:Q1 to 2013:Q4 using fully modified least squares. Findings show that credit is growth-enhancing, even when trade openness,...

The paper determines empirically the local conditions and policy environment that influence the absorptive capacity of credit in the Nigerian economy for the period 1993:Q1 to 2013:Q4 using fully modified least squares. Findings show that credit is growth-enhancing, even when trade openness,...