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Nigeria's Economic Growth: Performance And Determinants, Essien Abel Essien
Nigeria's Economic Growth: Performance And Determinants, Essien Abel Essien
Economic and Financial Review
in this paper some recent developments in time series econometrics, which is of great potential for extending the frontier of economic research is applied to Nigerian data in order to estimate a production function type equation as well as examine the key macroeconomic determinants of economic growth in Nigeria. Of particular application is the vector error correction modelling technique. Apart from the determination of criteria for selecting the lag length, the paper also explored variance decomposition and effect of shocks through the impulse response function. Results from the econometric analysis revealed that output was elastic to capital injection in the …