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Macroeconomic Policies, Industrialization and Economic Growth in Nigeria

Tanzania Economic Review

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Title Macroeconomic Policies, Industrialization and Economic Growth in Nigeria
 
Creator Ighodaro, Clement Atewe
Ajayi-Ojo, Vincent O.
 
Description This paper employed the simultaneous equation model using the three-stage leastsquares technique to analyse the impact of money supply, government expenditure andexchange rate on industrial output; and the effect of industrial output on economicgrowth in Nigeria. The study used annual data covering 1981 to 2017. It was foundthat industrial output affects economic growth positively in Nigeria, just as exchangerate has a positive significant impact on industrial output. The study recommendsthat fiscal policies should be formulated with a clear-cut view to addressing theindustrial needs of the country.Keywords: economic growth, government expenditure, industrialization,macroeconomic policies, money supply
 
Publisher Dar es Salaam University Press
 
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Date 2020-01-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/3066
 
Source Tanzania Economic Review; Vol 9, No 1 (2019): TER
2507-7740
0856-3373
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/3066/3019
 
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