Abstract:This study investigated the impact of negative oil price changes on macroeconomic aggregates in Nigeria from 1981 to 2020 using the autoregressive distributed lagged (ARDL) and the vector error correction models. Evidence from the findings showed that unemployment, foreign direct investment, and real gross domestic product are important determinants of oil price vagaries. In addition, there is empirical support for a positive relationship between oil price and unemployment on the one hand and a negative relati… Show more
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