Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Triangulation Approach

This paper aims at evaluating relation between financial development and economic growth in Nigeria, taking exception from existing literatures by integrating broad distinctive indicators of financial development into our model and using different econometric techniques to assess the finance-growth...

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Main Authors: Modebe Nwanneka Judith, Ezeaku Hillary Chijindu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2016-10-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
Online Access:https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/2748
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description This paper aims at evaluating relation between financial development and economic growth in Nigeria, taking exception from existing literatures by integrating broad distinctive indicators of financial development into our model and using different econometric techniques to assess the finance-growth link between 1987 and 2014. The findings indicate that financial development and economic growth move along together in the long run. It was revealed that credit to the private sector, stock market capitalization and inflation have negative and impact on the economy, while broad money supply, trade openness and foreign direct investment exert positive influence on the economy. The Error correction term in the model availed us the correctional influence in the speed of adjustment which indicated that errors of divergence from equilibrium was corrected at the speed of 86 percent each year. The Granger causality tests show that GDP was granger causal for foreign direct investment, without a feedback system. Keywords: Financial Development, Economic growth, Error Correction Model. JEL Classifications: G10, G18, G20
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spelling doaj.art-e89ff022a75b4eceaf16302557e232982023-02-15T16:09:42ZengEconJournalsInternational Journal of Economics and Financial Issues2146-41382016-10-0164Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Triangulation ApproachModebe Nwanneka Judith0Ezeaku Hillary Chijindu1Caritas University Enugu.University of Nigeria Enugu Campus This paper aims at evaluating relation between financial development and economic growth in Nigeria, taking exception from existing literatures by integrating broad distinctive indicators of financial development into our model and using different econometric techniques to assess the finance-growth link between 1987 and 2014. The findings indicate that financial development and economic growth move along together in the long run. It was revealed that credit to the private sector, stock market capitalization and inflation have negative and impact on the economy, while broad money supply, trade openness and foreign direct investment exert positive influence on the economy. The Error correction term in the model availed us the correctional influence in the speed of adjustment which indicated that errors of divergence from equilibrium was corrected at the speed of 86 percent each year. The Granger causality tests show that GDP was granger causal for foreign direct investment, without a feedback system. Keywords: Financial Development, Economic growth, Error Correction Model. JEL Classifications: G10, G18, G20 https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/2748
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Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Triangulation Approach
International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
title Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Triangulation Approach
title_full Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Triangulation Approach
title_fullStr Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Triangulation Approach
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Triangulation Approach
title_short Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Triangulation Approach
title_sort relationship between financial development and economic growth in nigeria a triangulation approach
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