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Doing Business in Nigeria: Does Offensive and Defensive Interest Matters

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  • Olatunji Abdul Shobande
  • Ndubuisi Chidi Olunkwa

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The study focused on the ease of doing business as it affects private investment in Nigeria, using a time series data sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria statistical Bulletin. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model bound testing approach was employed for the study and the overall results confirmed that there exist a long run and short relationship among the variable considered. The study warned that there is need to relax monetary toolkit to allow private investment contributes to economic growth by giving access to loanable funds and providing regulatory framework and tax incentive to better enhance their performance.

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  • Olatunji Abdul Shobande & Ndubuisi Chidi Olunkwa, 2019. "Doing Business in Nigeria: Does Offensive and Defensive Interest Matters," Academic Journal of Economic Studies, Faculty of Finance, Banking and Accountancy Bucharest,"Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University Bucharest, vol. 5(1), pages 90-94, March.
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    Keywords

    ARDL bound testing approach; Investment climate; and Private capital;
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    JEL classification:

    • C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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