Financial development, human capital accumulation and economic growth: empirical evidence from the economic community of West African States

• Main Authors: Abubakar , Abdulsalam, Kassim, Salina, Yusoff, Mohammed
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: HB131 Methodology.Mathematical economics. Quantitative methods; HB3711 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/46092/1/020a_PSBS_Abubakar-Kassim-Yusof_2015.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/46092/; http://gcbss.org/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Recently, much attention is given to financial-growth nexus, but largely via the physical capital accumulation channel. This study differed by examining this nexus, via the human capital accumulation channel in the ECOWAS region. It employed panel cointegration approaches as well as the FMOLS, D...