CAPITAL FLOWS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA: AN ECONOMETRIC APPROACH

Balogun Taiwo Gabriel; Okafor John; Ihayere Oseghale Baryl

doi:10.29121/granthaalayah.v7.i9.2019.601

Authors

Balogun Taiwo Gabriel Doctorate Student, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Okafor John Doctorate Student, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Ihayere Oseghale Baryl Lecturer, Department of Statistics, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v7.i9.2019.601

Keywords:

Capital Flow, Economic Growth, FDI

Abstract [English]

On the front burner of developing countries’ economic policy is the pursuit of economic growth and development. This however has been hindered by inadequate resources needed to drive the process of growth and development. One of the key components fronting the movement in support of economic globalization and integration is capital flows considering its complementarity effect in bridging the gap between domestic savings and investment. This study therefore examines the impact of capital flows on economic growth in Nigeria using data covering the period 1981 to 2016 and sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The method of error correction model framework and autoregressive distributed lag was adopted in estimating our specified model. Findings from our estimated model reveal that capital flows significantly affect economic growth in Nigeria. The study thus recommends that, sound, robust and vigorous economic policies be formulated with the sole purpose of attracting and drawing capital flows into the country that helps to bridge the needed capital for economic growth and development in Nigeria.

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