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<p>The study examines the asymmetric impact of oil price and electricity consumption on economic growth in Nigeria between 1981 and 2018 using the Non-Linear Autoregressive Distributed Lag (NARDL) model. Results reveal that falling and increasing oil prices as well as gross capital formation affect economic growth in Nigeria negatively and significantly in the short-run, while electricity consumption affects economic growth positively and significantly in the short-run. In the long-run, the impact on economic growth of negative changes in oil price is negative and insignificant, while positive changes in oil price have a positive but insignificant impact on economic growth. The impact on the economic growth of electricity consumption remains positive but insignificant while that of gross capital formation is positive and significant. The results suggest that both in the short and the long run positive changes in oil price have greater impact on the economic growth than negative oil price changes. Capital formation is a significant determinant of Nigerian economic growth both in the short and the long run.</p>
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The study examines the asymmetric impact of oil price and electricity consumption on economic growth in Nigeria between 1981 and 2018 using the Non-Linear Autoregressive Distributed Lag (NARDL) model. Results reveal that falling and increasing oil prices as well as gross capital formation affect economic growth in Nigeria negatively and significantly in the short-run, while electricity consumption affects economic growth positively and significantly in the short-run. In the long-run, the impact on economic growth of negative changes in oil price is negative and insignificant, while positive changes in oil price have a positive but insignificant impact on economic growth. The impact on the economic growth of electricity consumption remains positive but insignificant while that of gross capital formation is positive and significant. The results suggest that both in the short and the long run positive changes in oil price have greater impact on the economic growth than negative oil price changes. Capital formation is a significant determinant of Nigerian economic growth both in the short and the long run.

The Asymmetric Impact of Oil Price and Electricity Consumption on Economic Growth: Evidence from Nigeria

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Economics and Business

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The study examines the asymmetric impact of oil price and electricity consumption on economic growth in Nigeria between 1981 and 2018 using the Non-Linear...

The Asymmetric Impact of Oil Price and Electricity Consumption on Economic Growth: Evidence from Nigeria

Publicado en línea: 27 sept 2021

Páginas: 50 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseb-2021-0003

Palabras clave
oil price, electricity consumption, economic growth, NARDL

© 2021 Adedayo Emmanuel Longe et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Asymmetric Impact of Oil Price and Electricity Consumption on Economic Growth: Evidence from Nigeria

Publicado en línea: 27 sept 2021

Páginas: 50 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseb-2021-0003

Palabras claveoil price, electricity consumption, economic growth, NARDL

© 2021 Adedayo Emmanuel Longe et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
oil price, electricity consumption, economic growth, NARDL