The Effects of Government Transport Infrastructure Expenditure on Economic Growth in Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.author | Ayalew, Tewodros | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-07T08:12:57Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T10:27:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-07T08:12:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T10:27:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study investigates the effects of government transport infrastructure expenditure on economic growth in Ethiopia between 1975 and 2015 using annual time series data on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), transport infrastructure, human capital, defense, agriculture and culture and sport. The time series property of the data is checked for the presence of unit root using Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) unit root test technique .All variables are integrated, which implies that the variables has long run relationship .For the analysis co integration and Error Correction Model together with descriptive statistics (table, graph and chart) are used .The result reveals that government expenditure on transport infrastructure has positive and significant effects on economic growth .Additionally, from the expenditures incorporated for the analysis, expenditures on human capital, agriculture and defense have also positive and significant long run effect. However, expenditure on culture and sport has negative and significant impacts on the economic growth. On the other hand, results from the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) shows that agriculture and transport infrastructure are significant in affecting economic growth in the short run but expenditure on human capital, defense and culture and sport are all insignificant. Based on the finding, the writer would like to recommend that government should allocate more budgets for the transport infrastructure investment together with agriculture, defense and human capital and reduce its expenditure on culture and sport. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/14979 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Government Transport Infrastructure Expenditure on Economic | en_US |
| dc.title | The Effects of Government Transport Infrastructure Expenditure on Economic Growth in Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |