Food price volatility and household food security: Evidence from Nigeria

KB Amolegbe, J Upton, E Bageant, S Blom - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Food prices vary seasonally, particularly in areas with rainfed agricultural production and
imperfect markets, and are also subject to volatility arising from macroeconomic and climatic …

Investigating the relationship between changes in oil prices and unemployment rate in Nigeria: linear and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag approaches

IA Raifu, A Aminu, AO Folawewo - Future Business Journal, 2020 - Springer
The increasing unemployment in Nigeria has motivated several empirical studies on the
causes of the problem in the country. However, attention has not been paid to the …

Revisiting the terrorism–tourism nexus in Nigeria: the moderating role of military spending

IA Raifu, JA Afolabi, OJ Oguntimehin Jr - Journal of Hospitality and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Tourism development is critical for economic transformation, particularly in
emerging economies. However, the growing spate of terrorism dissuades international …

The institutional role in oil revenue‐economic growth nexus in Nigeria

IA Raifu - OPEC Energy Review, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The mixed empirical findings from the previous studies that examined the impact of oil
revenue on economic growth in oil‐rich countries have raised a lot of questions as to why oil …

Re-examining oil price-stock market returns nexus in Nigeria using a two-stage Markov regime switching approach

IA Raifu, SO Oshota - International Journal of Energy Sector …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose It has been said that oil price shocks affect stock market returns. However, empirical
studies remain inconclusive regarding the nexus between oil price shocks and stock market …

[PDF][PDF] Military expenditure and unemployment in South Africa: evidence from linear and nonlinear ARDL with and without structural break

IA Raifu, JA Afolabi - Economic Alternative, 2022 - researchgate.net
This study examined the symmetric and asymmetric effects of military expenditure on the
unemployment rate in South Africa using quarterly data from 1994Q1 and 2019Q4. The …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamic nexus between oil revenues and economic growth in Nigeria

A Aminu, IA Raifu - Economics Bulletin, 2019 - accessecon.com
This study examines the dynamic asymmetric relationship between oil revenues and
economic growth in Nigeria. Employing a Non-Linear Autoregressive Distributed Lag …

[PDF][PDF] Government budget balance and economic growth

TP Todorova - Journal of International Scientific Publications, 2019 - researchgate.net
The necessity of government participation in the economy, as well as the limits of such
participation are the object of theoretical and empirical economic research. The debate …

A reconsideration of Wagner's hypothesis for Nigeria using linear and nonlinear ARDL methods

IA Raifu, A Aminu - International Journal of Sustainable …, 2020 - inderscienceonline.com
This study examines the validity of symmetric and asymmetric Wagner's hypothesis for
Nigeria using a dataset that spans the period from 1981 to 2016. Five versions of Wagner's …

The role of institutional quality in oil price-unemployment nexus in African and Asian oil-exporting countries

IA Raifu - 2021 - researchsquare.com
This study adopts panel OLS and panel ARDL to examine the role of institutional quality in
institutional quality in oil price-unemployment nexus in African and Asian oil-exporting …