West African Financial and Economic Review (WAFER)

2009 - 2023

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Volume 24, issue 2, 2023

AN ASYMMETRIC MODEL INVESTIGATION OF THE EXCHANGE RATE PASS-THROUGH TO DOMESTIC PRICES IN SIERRA LEONE pp. 1-30

Saidu Swaray, Yusufu Bangura and Osman Kabba

MODELLING THE FINANCIAL ASSETS MARKET CONNECTEDNESS IN NIGERIA pp. 31-52

Question McDonald Emomotimi and Ibrahim Abubakar Sani

TRADE RESTRICTIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA: EVIDENCE FROM THE MEASURE OF AGGREGATE TRADE RESTRICTIONS pp. 53-94

Kingsley Obiora, Uwatt B. Uwatt and Ada Tony Odu

MACROECONOMIC POLICY MIX AND STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES IN WEST AND EAST AFRICA pp. 95-118

Morlai Bangura and Babatunde Adeoye

MISERY INDEX AND INCOME INEQUALITY NEXUS IN THE WEST AFRICAN MONETARY ZONE pp. 119-141

Bello Dalhatu

Volume 23, issue 1, 2023

Monetary Policy Amid Commodity Price Shocks In Commodity-Dependent Countries: Lessons Using A Bayesian DSGE Model pp. 1-42

Joseph Kofi Acquah, Salamatu Jebuni-Dotsey and Michael Ekow Quansah

Financial Frictions And Monetary Policy Reaction In Sierra Leone: A Bayesian DSGE Approach pp. 43-84

Emerson Abraham Jackson and Mohamed Samba Barrie

CHALLENGES TO GHANA’S EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION DRIVE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED COUNTRIES, USING THE ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY AND PRODUCT SPACE FRAMEWORKS pp. 85-128

Emmanuel Owusu-Afriyie

A TIME-VARYING GRANGER CAUSALITY APPROACH TO INFLATION-INSECURITY NEXUS IN NIGERIA pp. 129-160

Chioma Peace Nwosu, Usenobong Akpan and Ifunanya Maryjane Etudaiye

EXTERNAL RESERVES AND THE ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION BETWEEN DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN NIGERIA pp. 161-192

Ogiji Patricks, Chidi Ihediwa and Umeokwobi Richard

INFRASTRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING SECTOR PERFORMANCE IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICAN COUNTRIES pp. 193-233

Obianuju Ogochukwu Nnadozie, Isiaka Akande Raifu and Joshua Adeyemi Afolabi

Volume 22, issue 2, 2022

Oil Price Volatility, Exchange Rate Instability And Economic Growth In Nigeria: A VAR Study pp. 1-22

Vincent O. Ajayi-Ojo and Milton A. Iyoha

Estimating A Small Open Economy DSGE Model For Sierra Leone pp. 23-74

Kabineh Kpukumu and Mohamed Sillah

Estimating A Small Open Economy Bayesian DSGE Model For Ghana pp. 75-114

Victor Osei, James Korley Attuquaye and Daniel Delali Ngoh

Determinants Of The Choice Of Exchange Rate Regimes In The ECOWAS pp. 115-147

Hassan O. Ozekhome

MACROPRUDENTIAL POLICY AND FINANCIAL STABILITY IN AFRICA pp. 148-168

Abiodun Hafeez Akindipe

MODELLING OIL PRICE VOLATILITY WITH STRUCTURAL BREAK: A RE-EXAMINATION pp. 169-197

Ada T. Odu, Abubakar A. Bilkisu, Adeyinka A. Sulaimon and Momoh Charles

Oil Price Volatility And Stock Returns Nexus In The COVID-19 Pandemic Era: A Global Evidence pp. 198-230

Tawose J. O. B, Ajayi K. J, Arawomo D. F., Obeta J. O and Onah A. O

Should Monetary Policy Respond To Productivity And Demand Shocks In The Gambia? A Bayesian DSGE Investigation pp. 231-279

Alieu Ceesay, Momodou O. Jallow and John Owusu-Afriyie

Volume 22, issue 1, 2022

TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA’S MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS OF NON-FINANCIAL COMPANIES pp. 1-34

Mfon N. U. Akpan, Aye Aye Khin, Wong Hong Chau, Peter Wanke and Yong Tan

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN WEST AFRICA pp. 35-58

Mounir Siaplay

Trade Openness And Performance Of Small And Medium Enterprises In ECOWAS Countries pp. 59-86

Lionel Effiom, Emmanuel Uche and Samuel Etim Edet

ANALYSIS OF MONETARY POLICY, PRODUCTIVITY AND DEMAND SHOCKS ON OUTPUT, INFLATION, AND INTEREST RATE IN SIERRA LEONE: A BAYESIAN DSGE APPROACH pp. 87-114

Abdulai Sillah, Mohamed Samba Barrie, Abdulsalam Kamara, Jefferina Lahai and Phillip George

Analysis Of Monetary Policy And Productivity Shocks In Nigeria: A Bayesian DSGE Approach pp. 115-200

Obioma C. Asuzu, Umaru Aminu, Ada T. Odu, Chukwudi R. Ugwu, Suleiman H. Hassan, Tari M. Karimo, Kamaludeen Muhammad, Ali I. Gambo, Mohammed D. Swasu and Musa U. Musa

Analysis Of Monetary Policy And Productivity Shocks In Ghana: A Bayesian DSGE Approach pp. 201-242

John Owusu-Afriyie, Emmanuel Owusu-Afriyie and Anderson Farouk Ayambire

ESTIMATING DYNAMIC STOCHASTIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS FOR MONETARY POLICY ANALYSIS IN LIBERIA: AN EXTENSION USING BAYESIAN APPROACH pp. 243-269

Rajie R. Adnan, Michael D. Titoe, John A. Lewis and John M. Collins

Volume 21, issue 2, 2021

DOES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROMOTE EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION IN NIGERIA? pp. 1-30

Hassan O. Ozekhome

REMITTANCES AND THE REAL SECTOR PERFORMANCE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA pp. 31-48

Taiwo Akinlo and Olorunfemi Abiodun Adejumo

DOES TAX REVENUE MATTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH? EVIDENCE FROM WEST AFRICA pp. 49-68

Mounir Siaplay and Gweh Gaye Tarwo

CREDIT, OUTPUT & EMPLOYMENT NEXUS IN NIGERIA, 1985-2019 pp. 69-92

Oluwafemi Emmanuel Awopegba and Abiodun Hafeez Akindipe

ESTIMATING DYNAMIC STOCHASTIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS FOR MONETARY POLICY ANALYSIS IN LIBERIA pp. 93-112

Rajie R. Adnan, Michael D. Titoe, Jr., John A. Lewis, Jr. and John M. Collins, Jr

An Analysis Of Monetary Policy And Productivity Shocks On Key Policy Indicators For Nigeria: A DSGE Approach pp. 113-140

Joseph O.B. Tawose, Emmanuel O. James, Temitope J. Laniran, Olufunmilayo S. Tajudeen and John O. Obeta

Analysing Monetary Policy And Productivity Shocks On Output, Inflation And Monetary Policy Rate In Sierra Leone: A DSGE Approach pp. 141-150

Edmund Chijeh, Eric Tamuke, Alhaji Sorie and Ibrahim Barrie

Volume 21, issue 1, 2021

FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA, GHANA AND COTE D’IVOIRE pp. 1-14

Abiodun Hafeez Akindipe

LOGISTICS, TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE FLOWS PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED AFRICAN COUNTRIES: ARE THERE IMPLICATIONS FOR INCREASED INTRA-AFRICAN TRADE? pp. 15-46

Hassan O. Ozekhome

FOREIGN AID AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: DOES DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY MATTER? pp. 47-77

Abidemi C. Adegboye, Ifeoluwa Alao-Owuna and Anthony O. Osobase

THE CONSEQUENCES OF CORRUPTION AND SEIGNIORAGE ON INFLATION: EVIDENCE FROM WEST AFRICA pp. 78-100

Mounir Siaplay

DETERMINANTS OF INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF MONETARY POLICY pp. 101-130

M. A Iyoha and O. S. Aigheyisi

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND AFRICAN EXPORT PERFORMANCE pp. 131-148

Lukman O. Oyelami and Ogbuagu Matthew Ikechukwu

FISCAL POLICY AND BUSINESS CYCLE SMOOTHING IN NIGERIA: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT pp. 149-172

Akpan H. Ekpo, Paul A. Orebiyi and Godwin Essang Esu

Volume 20, issue 2, 2020

EFFECTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT ON NON-OIL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA pp. 1-24

Oziengbe Scott Aigheyisi and Milton A. Iyoha

EXTERNAL DEBT, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND GROWTH: NEW EVIDENCE FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES pp. 25-39

Nosakhare Liberty Arodoye, Norense John Izevbigie and Success Osamede Abusomwan

Currency Substitution And Aggregate Consumption Expenditures: Evidence From WAMZ Countries pp. 39-66

Lionel Effiom and Kenneth Onye

Export Transaction Costs And Export Performance In ECOWAS Countries: A Multi-Variant Panel Data Approach pp. 67-88

Hassan O. Ozekhome and H. E. Oaikhena

Demographic Changes And Women’s Employment In ECOWAS Countries pp. 89-116

Monday I. Egharevba

DEMAND FOR FINANCIAL PRODUCTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA pp. 117-148

Abel Fumey and Ibrahim Abdulai

THE INTERDEPENDENCE OR CONTAGION AMONG WEST AFRICAN EXCHANGE RATES pp. 149-205

Kabir S. Katata

Volume 20, issue 1, 2020

RENT-SEEKING IN WEST AFRICA – HOW CORRUPTION AFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INCOME INEQUALITY pp. 1-24

Mounir Siaplay

DOES THE EXPORT-LED GROWTH (ELG) HYPOTHESIS HOLD FOR SERVICES EXPORTS IN NIGERIA? pp. 25-60

Oziengbe Scott Aigheyisi

ENERGY PRODUCTION-ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS: A CAUSALITY EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA pp. 61-80

Taiwo Akinlo and Olayemi Simon-Oke

IMPACT OF NON-PERFORMING LOANS ON THE BANKING SYSTEM OF THE WEST AFRICAN MONETARY ZONE COUNTRIES: A PANEL REGRESSION APPROACH pp. 81-103

George Okorie, Eric Adjapong and Favour Chidinma

ASYMMETRIES AND THE ROLE OF UNCERTAINTIES IN MONETARY POLICY REACTIONS: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA pp. 104-124

Elias A Udeaja and Elijah A. P. Udoh

The Demand For Money In Nigeria: A VAR/VECM Approach pp. 125-152

Patricia A. Adamu and Milton A. Iyoha

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSMISSION MECHANISM OF MONETARY POLICY IN LIBERIA pp. 153-175

Boima S. Kamara and Dehpue Y. Zuo