Do trading partners still matter for Nigeria's growth? : a contribution to the debate on decoupling and spillovers / prepared by Kingsley I. Obiora.

Should policymakers still be concerned about economic growth in trading partners? Have developing and emerging market countries decoupled from the US enough to grow despite significant recession in the US? Using VAR models, this paper addresses these questions for Nigeria in the context of the globa...

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Main Author: Obiora, Kingsley (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, and Review Department
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/09/218.
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Summary:Should policymakers still be concerned about economic growth in trading partners? Have developing and emerging market countries decoupled from the US enough to grow despite significant recession in the US? Using VAR models, this paper addresses these questions for Nigeria in the context of the global crisis. The results seem to debunk the "decoupling theory" and suggest there are still significant spillovers from Nigeria's main trading partners, including the US, with trade and commodity price linkages being the dominant transmission channels. Given the sharp fall in both trade financing and commodity prices in aftermath of the crisis, these results provide some explanation to the realization of adverse second-round effects in Nigeria
Physical Description:1 online resource (29 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-28).
ISBN:1282844229
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ISSN:2227-8885 ;
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
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