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Inflation and economic growth in Nigeria: Detecting the threshold level

This paper re-examines the issue of the existence and the level of inflation threshold in the relationship between inflation and growth in Nigeria, using three different approaches that provide appropriate procedures for estimating the threshold level and inference. While Sarel's (1996) approach provides a threshold point estimate of 9.9 per cent that was not well identified by the data, the technique of Khan and Senhadji (2001) identifies a 10.5 per cent inflation threshold as statistically significant to explain the inflation-growth nexus in Nigeria. Also, the approach of Drukker et al (2005) suggests a two threshold point model with 11.2 and 12.0 per cent as the appropriate inflation threshold points. These results suggest that the threshold level of inflation above which inflation is inimical to growth is estimated at 10.5 to 12 per cent for Nigeria. Using the estimated two threshold point model, this paper did not find enough reasons to accept the null hypothesis of the super-neutrality of money, and therefore, suggest that there is a threshold level of inflation above which money is not super-neutral.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: CBN Journal of Applied Statistics ; ISSN: 2476-8472 ; Volume: 03 ; Year: 2012 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 99-124 ; Abuja: The Central Bank of Nigeria

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
Thema
threshold model
super-neutrality
inflation-growth nexus
inflation threshold points

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Doguwa, Sani I.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The Central Bank of Nigeria
(wo)
Abuja
(wann)
2012

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  • Doguwa, Sani I.
  • The Central Bank of Nigeria

Entstanden

  • 2012

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