Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/237182 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] Financial Innovation [ISSN:] 2199-4730 [Volume:] 5 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 1-13
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This study analyzes the relationship between savings, investment, and economic growth in Nepal over 1975-2016. The structural breaks in the variables have been accounted for using the (Zivot and Andrews's, J Bus Econ Stat 10: 251-270 1992) unit root test along with (Gregory and Hansen's, Oxf Bull Econ Stat 58: 555-560, 1996) cointegration approach. The ARDL approach to cointegration in the presence of structural breaks has also been utilized to analyze the long-and short-run dynamics of savings, investment, and growth in Nepal. The results show structural breaks in the real GDP per capita during 2001 when the Royal Massacre and a state of emergency have taken place in Nepal. After allowing for this structural break, evidence of a cointegration relationship amongst savings, investment, and economic growth was identified. The estimates of the ARDL approach suggest that investment has a significant and positive impact on economic growth. However, gross domestic savings have a negative impact on growth in the long run. These results clearly show weaknesses of the economy in mobilizing savings into productive sectors.
Subjects: 
Savings
Investment
Economic Growth
Structural Break
ARDL Model
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