Capital Formation in Selected West African Countries: Theory and Empirical Evidence

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  • Akpan H. Ekpo Department of Economics, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria image/svg+xml

Keywords:

capital formation, investment demand, ECOWAS, West Africa, economic development, investment policy

Abstract

This paper empirically tests aggregate investment demand functions for ECOWAS countries in order to help in the designing of investment promotion policies in the region.

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1987-04-30

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Ekpo, A. H. (1987). Capital Formation in Selected West African Countries: Theory and Empirical Evidence. Economic Analysis Review, 2(1), 55–65. Retrieved from https://www.rae-ear.org/index.php/rae/article/view/295

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (1987)

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