Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/266952 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] EconomiA [ISSN:] 1517-7580 [Volume:] 21 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 104-119
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
This paper examines Nigeria's long run growth path using the externally and internally constrained version of Thirlwall's growth model from 1982 to 2015. The present study modifies the SCA-BOPCG to take into account the effects the foreign contents in exports growth and the domestic investment. Three Stage Least Squares method is used to obtain the required elasticities for the estimation of the domestic income growth. The study affirms the robustness and validity of the modified model in determining the growth path for Nigeria. The outcome of the empirical study reveals that Nigeria's economic growth process is balance-of-payment constrained. Even though monetary policies improve growth performance, Nigeria sustainably grows faster with policies aiming at improving external balance or reducing the import components of demands, increasing export share to products with high elasticity of demand as well as keeping budget deficits within the universally acceptable limits.
Subjects: 
Internal and external imbalances
Relative prices and income elasticities
Balance-of-payment equilibrium growth rates
Export and investment requirement of import
JEL: 
F43
E12
O24
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Document Type: 
Article

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