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Table 8 Granger causality test results

From: Asymmetric evidence of foreign direct investment response to stock returns in Nigeria

Null hypothesis:

Obs

F-Statistic

Prob

LNGDP does not Granger Cause LNFDI

394

1.6925

0.1854

LNFDI does not Granger Cause LNGDP

1.0658

0.3454

 

LNEXR does not Granger Cause LNFDI

394

2.6411

0.0726*

LNFDI does not Granger Cause LNEXR

0.9589

0.3843

 

Positive Stock Returns does not Granger Cause LNFDI

393

0.1956

0.8224

LNFDI does not Granger Cause Positive Stock Returns

1.1158

0.3287

 

Negative Stock Returns does not Granger Cause LNFDI

393

0.1167

0.8899

LNFDI does not Granger Cause Negative Stock Returns

7.4771

0.0007***

 

LNEXR does not Granger Cause LNGDP

394

13.0592

0.0003***

LNGDP does not Granger Cause LNEXR

1.3371

0.2638

 

Positive Stock Returns does not Granger Cause LNGDP

393

2.8152

0.0611*

LNGDP does not Granger Cause Positive Stock Returns

1.3481

0.2609

 

Negative Stock Returns does not Granger Cause LNGDP

393

2.3928

0.0927*

LNGDP does not Granger Cause Negative Stock Returns

11.8787

0.0001***

 

Positive Stock Returns does not Granger Cause LNEXR

393

0.5174

0.5965

LNEXR does not Granger Cause Positive Stock Returns

0.9179

0.4002

 

Negative Stock Returns does not Granger Cause LNEXR

393

0.5507

0.5770

LNEXR does not Granger Cause Negative Stock Returns

7.4843

0.0006***

 
  1. Source: Author’s computation from the underlying data using Eview 9
  2. *, and***Denote that the variables are significant at 10% and 1%, respectively