Analysis of the causality links between the growth of the construction industry and the growth of the macroeconomy in Ghana

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 951-961

  Anaman, Kwabena Asomanin ^a   Osei Amponsah, Charity ^a  

^a NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Economic growth; Ghana; Granger causality test; Gross domestic product; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CAUSALITY TEST; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MACROECONOMY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; MACROECONOMICS;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34648840262     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190701411208     Document Type: Article

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