IMPACT OF FISCAL POLICY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA

Okonkwo, K. (2018) IMPACT OF FISCAL POLICY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA. Diploma thesis, GODFREY OKOYE UNIVERSITY, ENUGU.

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Abstract

This work is based on an empirical analysis of the impact of fiscal policy on economic growth in Nigeria 1981-2015.Themainobjectiveofthisstudyistoempiricalinvestigate/assesstheimpactoffiscalpolicyonNigeriaeconomicgrowth.Amodelwasconstructedtoincorporaterealgrossdomesticproduct(RGDP)asthedependentvariable,tax,capitalexpenditure,recurrentexpenditure,domesticdebtastheindependentvariableandtestedusingtheordinaryleast-square(OLS)techniques.Theempiricalresultshowsthattax,capitalexpenditureandrecurrentexpenditurehavesignificantimpactoneconomicgrowthwhereasdomesticdebthavenosignificantimpactontheeconomicgrowth,moreso,theresultequallyindicatethattaxandcapitalexpenditurehavepositiveimpactontheeconomicgrowthinNigeria,whereasrecurrentexpenditureanddomesticdebthavenegativerelationshipontheeconomicgrowthinNigeria.Basedontheresult,theresearcherrecommendsthatHavingseenthepositiverelationshipthatexistbetweentaxandcapitalexpenditureontheeconomicgrowthinNigeria,NigeriangovernmentshouldallocatemoremoneytothecapitalprojectknowingverywellthatitwillhaveasignificantpositiveimpactontheeconomicgrowthinNigeria.

Item Type: Thesis (Diploma)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: MISS Kosisochukwu Okonkwo
Date Deposited: 14 Aug 2018 11:29
Last Modified: 14 Aug 2018 11:29
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/632

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