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Capital Inflows, Financial Development And Growth In Ecowas Countries: A New Empirical Insight

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  • ORJI Anthony
  • OGBUABOR Jonathan E.
  • CHIAMAKA F. Okolomike
  • ANTHONY-ORJI Onyinye

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This paper empirically investigated the impact of foreign capital inflows and financial development on economic growth in ECOWAS countries. The study made use of quarterly data series from 2000 to 2017 for the analysis. Adopting the panel fixed-effect regression, the empirical results showed that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), net domestic credit (CRE), Gross Capital Formation (GCF), and Foreign Aid (AID) increase economic growth in ECOWAS region while labour force (LF) and Trade Openness (OPEN) revealed otherwise. The study therefore recommended that concerned policy makers in the ECOWAS region should pursue financial deepening and strengthen policies that will enhance the operations of the financial system. Also member countries should create a conducive socio-political and economic environment for foreign investors to invest in the economies. This can be done by reducing the corruption prevalent in the system, ethnic unrest, introduction of tax holidays, stability of policies introduced by the government, among others. In this era of Covid-19 many have lost their jobs and the economy of ECOWAS needs to be revitalized by following these economic prescriptions, among others.

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  • ORJI Anthony & OGBUABOR Jonathan E. & CHIAMAKA F. Okolomike & ANTHONY-ORJI Onyinye, 2022. "Capital Inflows, Financial Development And Growth In Ecowas Countries: A New Empirical Insight," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 22(1), pages 61-80.
    • Handle: RePEc:eaa:aeinde:v:22:y:2022:i:1_4
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    Keywords

    Foreign Capital Inflows; Financial Development; Investment; Economic Growth; ECOWAS;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • F38 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Financial Policy: Financial Transactions Tax; Capital Controls
    • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance

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