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The Causal Relationship Between Government Spending and Revenue in an Oil-Dependent Economy: The Case of Nigeria

Omoaregba Omoniyi Aregbeyen, Taofik Mohammed Ibrahim

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This paper applies the technique of Granger causality to determine the relationship between total government expenditure and revenue in Nigeria for the period 1970-2006. The findings of the study generally support the existence of bidirectional causality between government spending and tax revenue, suggesting that the fiscal synchronization hypothesis is confirmed for Nigeria.

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This paper applies the technique of Granger causality to determine the relationship between total government expenditure and revenue in Nigeria for the period 1970-2006. The findings of the study generally support the existence of bidirectional causality between government spending and tax revenue, suggesting that the fiscal synchronization hypothesis is confirmed for Nigeria.

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This paper applies the technique of Granger causality to determine the relationship between total government expenditure and revenue in Nigeria for the period 1970-2006. The findings of the study generally support the existence of bidirectional causality between government spending and tax revenue, suggesting that the fiscal synchronization hypothesis is confirmed for Nigeria.

Key concepts: Government revenue, Revenue, Granger causality, Causality (physics), Government expenditure, Economics, Government (linguistics), Government spending

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