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Research and publications
Co-authored journal articles on fiscal policy, inflation, exchange rates, capital flows, growth and unemployment. Articles are listed apart from reports and theses.
Journal articles
Fiscal policy, inflation and exchange rates
Responses of inflation to fiscal deficit and money supply in Nigeria
Odionye, J. C., Okpara, R. M., Uguru, N. E., Uba, C. N., & Nwokoro, A. (2024). European Journal of Business and Management, 16(3), 42-49.
Uses a vector autoregression on Central Bank of Nigeria data for 1981 to 2021. The authors report that inflation responded negatively to variations in money supply and that the fiscal deficit was negatively associated with inflation.
Asymmetric impact of multifarious exchange rate shocks on stock prices: Fresh insights from multiple thresholds nonlinear autoregressive distributed-lag approach
Odionye, J. C., Nwosu, E. O., Odo, A. C., Ugwuegbe, U. S., & Uba, C. N. (2024). The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 33(5), 868-902 (first published online 2023).
The effectiveness of fiscal policy on economic stabilization in Nigeria
Ogbonna, B. M., Uba, C. N., & Odionye, J. C. (2018). Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 9(6).
Foreign capital flows and investment
Impact of interest rate differential, exchange rate changes and political stability on foreign capital inflow in Nigeria: Discrete threshold regression model
Odionye, J. C., Ojiaku, E. U., & Uba, C. N. (2023). Cogent Economics & Finance, 11(1), article 2203590.
Uses a vector autoregression on Central Bank of Nigeria data for 1981 to 2021. The authors report that inflation responded negatively to variations in money supply and that the fiscal deficit was negatively associated with inflation.
Growth, energy and the environment
Heterogeneous determinants of environmental sustainability: Assessing the roles of energy consumption, economic growth, and financial development
Odionye, J. C., Okorontah, C. F., Uruakpa, C. G., Okpara, R. M., & Uba, C. N. (2024). Economic Annals, 69(241), 65-93.
A panel study of 22 Sub-Saharan African countries from 1999 to 2019. The authors report that financial development worsens environmental quality, that energy use raises carbon emissions mainly at upper quantiles, and that the data support an inverted U-shaped link between growth and environmental quality.
Do petroleum product pump prices influence economic growth in Nigeria? An empirical analysis
Iwuoha, J. C., Awoke, F. C., & Ubah, C. (2021). Journal of Empirical Studies, 8(1), 25-35.
Tests the link between fuel pump prices and growth for 1980 to 2019 using cointegration, error correction and Granger causality. The authors conclude that growth policy should not rely on pump price adjustments, which do not Granger-cause growth in the period studied.
Inequality, employment and development
Tackling unemployment through business-led systemic transformation in weak institutional contexts
Iwuoha, J. C., Uba, C. N., Jude-Iwuoha, A., Akalazu, E. C., & Nwaguru, W. E. (2025). African Journal of Health and Social Sciences, 2(2), 90-96.
Nigeria unemployment: Policy impact analysis
Iwuoha, J. C., Awoke, F. C., & Uba, C. N. (2025). Lapai Journal of Economics, 9(1), 158-168.
The politics of inequality and social vices nexus in Nigeria
Iwuoha, J. C., Uba, C., Awoke, F. C., & Ukamaka, A. (2020). International Journal of Business Education and Management Studies, 5(1).
Profitability of converting cassava to fufu value chain in Nigeria: Implications for sustainable food supply, food security and job creation
Iwuoha, J. C., Uba, C., & Awoke, F. C. (2020). International Journal of Business Education and Management Studies, 6(1).
Reports and theses
Other work
Business environment and competitiveness across Nigerian states 2016 (BECANS III)
Uba, C. N., et al. (2016). African Heritage Institution, Enugu.
Impact of democracy on economic growth of Nigeria
Uba, C. N. (2019). Ph.D. thesis, Enugu State University of Science and Technology.
Impact of fiscal policy on Nigeria's economic growth
Uba, C. N. (2012). MSc thesis, Enugu State University of Science and Technology.