Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Systematic Review
Table 2.
General characteristics of literature selected for the systematic review
| Sno. | Authors | Country | Nature of data | Periods understudy | Models used in the study | | 1 | Getachew (2017) | Ethiopia | Time series data (annual) | 1974/75-2013/2014 | Johnson’s Cointegration, VAR and VECM | | 2 | Ovamba and Denis(2018) | Kenya | Time series data (annual) | 1991-2012 | Vector Autoregressive model, error correction mechanism, and Granger Causality test. | | 3 | Babalola and Aminu(2017) | Nigeria | Time series data (annual) | 1977-2009 | Cointegration Engle-Granger Approach. Error-correction models | | 4 | Ochieng et al (2017) | Ruwanda | Time series data (quarterly) data ) | 2005 - 2015. | VAR model | | 5 | Chikezie et al (2017) | Nigeria | Time series data (annual) | 1981-2014 | Ordinary Least Square (OLS), Johansen Co-integration test, and Vector auto-regression (VAR) | | 6 | Salako and Oyeleke(2019) | Nigeria | Time series data (annual) | 1980-2016 | Vector Error Correction Method (VECM) | | 7 | Abdulrahman(2013) | Sudan | Time series data (annual) | 1996-2011 | Ordinary Least Square(OLS) | | 8 | Omodero et al.(2016) | Nigeria | Time series data (annual) | 1994 - 2014 | Multiple regression of ordinary least square | | 9 | Thabane and Lebina(2016) | Lesotho | Time series data (annual) | 1980-2012 | ARDL bounds testing, Granger causality test | | 10 | Mazorodze(2018) | Zimbabwe | Time series data (annual) | 1979 – 2017 | Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) by Stock and Watson (1993) | | 11 | Mbanyele(2019) | Zimbabwe | Time series data (annual) | 1980 – 2018 | ARDL model and VECM |
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