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Budget deficit and economic growth in Namibia
The study provides an assessment of the relationship between budget deficit and economic growth in Namibia, using time series quarterly secondary data covering the period, 1990 to 2015. The study employed the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Bounds Test and estimated the coefficients of the va...
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| author | Sakaria, Hilaria Ndilokelwa |
| author2 | Alhassan, Abdul Latif |
| author_browse | Alhassan, Abdul Latif Sakaria, Hilaria Ndilokelwa |
| author_facet | Alhassan, Abdul Latif Sakaria, Hilaria Ndilokelwa |
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| description | The study provides an assessment of the relationship between budget deficit and economic growth in Namibia, using time series quarterly secondary data covering the period, 1990 to 2015. The study employed the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Bounds Test and estimated the coefficients of the variables from the Error Correction Model in examining the relationship between budget deficit and economic growth. According to the cointegration test, the result has shown that past budget deficit and past Population growth has a negative and effect and that current Trade balance has a positive effect on economic growth in the short run. The overall findings indicate that budget deficit negatively affects economic growth. This is in conformity with the Neo-Classical Theory, which holds that fiscal deficit leads to low GDP. The study therefore recommends that government expenditure be invested in developmental infrastructure that will give positive results in the future. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/30396 Budget deficit and economic growth in Namibia Sakaria, Hilaria Ndilokelwa Alhassan, Abdul Latif The study provides an assessment of the relationship between budget deficit and economic growth in Namibia, using time series quarterly secondary data covering the period, 1990 to 2015. The study employed the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Bounds Test and estimated the coefficients of the variables from the Error Correction Model in examining the relationship between budget deficit and economic growth. According to the cointegration test, the result has shown that past budget deficit and past Population growth has a negative and effect and that current Trade balance has a positive effect on economic growth in the short run. The overall findings indicate that budget deficit negatively affects economic growth. This is in conformity with the Neo-Classical Theory, which holds that fiscal deficit leads to low GDP. The study therefore recommends that government expenditure be invested in developmental infrastructure that will give positive results in the future. 2019-08-01T08:25:51Z 2019-08-01T08:25:51Z 2019 2019-07-31T07:29:20Z Master Thesis Masters MBA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30396 Eng application/pdf Graduate School of Business (GSB) Faculty of Commerce |
| spellingShingle | Sakaria, Hilaria Ndilokelwa Budget deficit and economic growth in Namibia |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Budget deficit and economic growth in Namibia |
| title_full | Budget deficit and economic growth in Namibia |
| title_fullStr | Budget deficit and economic growth in Namibia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Budget deficit and economic growth in Namibia |
| title_short | Budget deficit and economic growth in Namibia |
| title_sort | budget deficit and economic growth in namibia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30396 |
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