In this paper, the study investigates the impact of international trade on economic growth of Nigeria applying an Auto Regressive and Distributed LAG Bound Test Approach between the periods of 1980 to 2020. To actualize the objective of this study, we estimated GDP as a function of imports, exports, gross fixed capital formation, inflation and exchange rate. The paper employed ADF unit root test, Johansen co-integration test, error correction technique, and the Granger causality test. The estimated coefficients of the variables showed that all the employed variables are integrated of the same order 1(1) exception of inflation which was integrated of order 1(0). The bound test shows that there is proof of the presence of a long run correlation among the variables used while the causality test displayed that exports actually granger causes economic growth in Nigeria. The outcomes from estimation depicts that there is short run and long run effect of export trade on economic growth of Nigeria. Based on these findings, the study recommends that the government should embark upon import substitution strategy and aggressive diversification of the country’s economy by implementing policies that will encourage non-oil export, science and technology, manufacturing and agricultural sectors and in general promote the industrial growth of the economy.
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Nigeria, International Trade, Economic Growth, Exports, Imports, ARDL
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Amade Akpai Muhammed. (2022). International Trade and Economic Growth of Nigeria: An Auto Regressive and Distributed LAG Bound Test Approach. Journal of Business and Economic Development, 7(4), 100-110. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jbed.20220704.11
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Amade Akpai Muhammed. International Trade and Economic Growth of Nigeria: An Auto Regressive and Distributed LAG Bound Test Approach. J. Bus. Econ. Dev. 2022, 7(4), 100-110. doi: 10.11648/j.jbed.20220704.11
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