The Egg or the Chick First; Saving or GDP Growth: Case for Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorWaithima, Abraham K.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-10T13:08:54Z
dc.date.available2021-06-10T13:08:54Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis paper adopts the Hendry Model with a two-step method to model a saving function for Kenya. The Model uses a complex dynamic specification that includes lagged dependent and the independent variables. The paper finds that a 1% increase in GDP growth rate leads to a 0.5% increase in private saving in the long run which is consistent with the life cycle hypothesis. A striking result in the saving function is the positive effect that population growth rate seems to have on private savings which puts into question the notion of a smaller population as a mobilization tool for private saving. Even though consumption seems to have a significant negative effect on private savings in the short run, in the long run, it does not seem to have any significant effect. Causality tests support a uni-directional causality from per capita GDP to private saving and a bi-directional causality between Gross Domestic Saving and Investment.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWaithima, A. (2008) Egg or the Chick first; Saving or GDP Growth: Case for Kenya. KCA Journal of Business Management. 1(1) https://www.ajol.info/index.php/kjbm/article/view/43817en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-2162
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3567
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKCA Journal of Business Management.en_US
dc.subjectHendry Modelen_US
dc.subjectGDP growthen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectSaving functionen_US
dc.subjectGross Domestic Savingen_US
dc.subjectInvestmenten_US
dc.titleThe Egg or the Chick First; Saving or GDP Growth: Case for Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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