Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/227984 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/20/006
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
Policy ambiguity in the form of non-directional and non-purposeful use of state resources has made sustainable growth outcomes a mirage in Nigeria. Recent economic crisis prompted the debate on how increased government spending induces sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. This paper examines the validity or otherwise of Wagner's theory in Nigeria for the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 1980 through 2017. Using time-series data on real gross domestic product, total government expenditure, money supply and domestic investment and adopting the two-step Engle and Granger estimation procedure, result shows that increased government spending significantly predicts variations in real gross domestic product and thus leaned empirical credence to Wagner's hypothesis as an essential concept for the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria. This paper recommended that the government should exhaust all possible options to increase expenditure in order to realise sustainable growth in Nigeria.
Subjects: 
Government Expenditure
Economic Growth
Wagner law and Granger Causality
JEL: 
E62
O11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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