Output Volatility and Government Size in Nigeria

Research background: Output volatility has potentially adverse consequences on the economy and the stabilizing role of fiscal policy is linked to the share of government size in an economy. Hence, given the relative large share of government in developing countries, government size is expected to pl...

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Main Authors: Nwosa Philip I., Ehinomen Chris, Ugwu Ephraim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-06-01
Series:Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
Subjects:
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0017
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spelling doaj-c1af6986ce054b7face3f00ba656d0982021-09-05T21:01:00ZengSciendoFolia Oeconomica Stetinensia1898-01982020-06-0120128630110.2478/foli-2020-0017foli-2020-0017Output Volatility and Government Size in NigeriaNwosa Philip I.0Ehinomen Chris1Ugwu Ephraim2Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, NigeriaDepartment of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, NigeriaDepartment of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, NigeriaResearch background: Output volatility has potentially adverse consequences on the economy and the stabilizing role of fiscal policy is linked to the share of government size in an economy. Hence, given the relative large share of government in developing countries, government size is expected to play an important role in stabilizing output volatility.https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0017output volatilitygovernment sizeauto-regressive distributed lagnigeriae32e62
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author Nwosa Philip I.
Ehinomen Chris
Ugwu Ephraim
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Ehinomen Chris
Ugwu Ephraim
Output Volatility and Government Size in Nigeria
Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
output volatility
government size
auto-regressive distributed lag
nigeria
e32
e62
author_facet Nwosa Philip I.
Ehinomen Chris
Ugwu Ephraim
author_sort Nwosa Philip I.
title Output Volatility and Government Size in Nigeria
title_short Output Volatility and Government Size in Nigeria
title_full Output Volatility and Government Size in Nigeria
title_fullStr Output Volatility and Government Size in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Output Volatility and Government Size in Nigeria
title_sort output volatility and government size in nigeria
publisher Sciendo
series Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
issn 1898-0198
publishDate 2020-06-01
description Research background: Output volatility has potentially adverse consequences on the economy and the stabilizing role of fiscal policy is linked to the share of government size in an economy. Hence, given the relative large share of government in developing countries, government size is expected to play an important role in stabilizing output volatility.
topic output volatility
government size
auto-regressive distributed lag
nigeria
e32
e62
url https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0017
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