Open AccessElectricity Consumption and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Sectoral Analysis
Author(s) -
Akomolafe Kehinde John
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of business and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2377-4622
DOI - 10.5296/wjbm.v5i1.14972
Subject(s) - electricity , consumption (sociology) , short run , tertiary sector of the economy , error correction model , economics , agriculture , causality (physics) , service (business) , secondary sector of the economy , agricultural economics , macroeconomics , econometrics , economy , cointegration , engineering , ecology , social science , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , biology , electrical engineering
This paper examines the causality between electricity consumption and economic growth in Nigeria, with a focus on sectorial analysis. The sectors considered are manufacturing sector, agriculture sector, and the service sector. The study covers the periods from 1981 to 2014. The study was done in a vector error correction model (VECM). The results show that the causality run from manufacturing sector to electricity consumption in long run, but a bidirectional causality in the short run, from electricity consumption to service sector output in the long run, and from electricity consumption to service sector output in long run. There is no short run causality between electricity consumption and service sector and agricultural sectors outputs. The paper concludes with the recommendation that government should be careful in implementing electricity conservation policy