TRADE OPENNESS AND OUTPUT GROWTH IN NIGERIA: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Approval page
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Table of contents
List of tables and figures
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of study
1.1.2 Trade openness and output growth
Historical Experience of the Nigeria economy
Statement of the research problem
Objectives of the study
Statement of the research hypothesis
Justification of the study
Significance of the study
Scope and limitation of the study
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
Theoretical literature
2.1.2 Theory of customs union and free trade areas
2.1.3Models of export-led growth
Empirical literature
Limitation of previous studies
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
Analytical framework
Model specification
3.2.1 Test of stationarity
3.2.2 Test of co integration
3.2.3 Error correction model
3.3 Justification of the model
3.4 Estimation techniques
3.5 Evaluation Procedure
3.5.1 Economic test (a priori expectation)
3.5.2 Statistical (first order) test
3.5.3 Econometric (second order) test
3.6 Sources of data and soware
for estimation
CHAPTER FOUR: PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
Introduction
Presentations of regression results
4.2.1Test of stationarity
4.2.2 Test of co integration
4.2.3 The Error correction model (ECM)
Interpretation and Evaluation of result
4.3.1Evaluation based on economic criteria
4.3.2Evaluation based on statistical criteria
4.3.3 Evaluation based on econometric criteria
Evaluation of the working Hypotheses