Can Pension Reforms Moderate Inflation Expectation and Spur Savings? Evidence from Nigeria

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Abstract: This paper tests the prior-savings theory which proposes that pension savings could moderate inflation, and spur long-tenured savings for fixed capital formation. An augmented Toda-Yamamoto longrun non-causality technique was used to analyze data from 1980 to 2018. The outcome reveals that pension saving has significant negative causal flow to gross fixed capital formation, while gross fixed capital formation does not drive inflation expectation. The outcome suggests that prior-savings theory does not hold in the Nigerian case, which may infer that government borrowing from pension fund has been for consumption expenditure. The results generalize many developing economies with similar financial structure. The paper recommends that borrowed pension savings be invested in infrastructures in line with prior-saving theory. Fiscal policy reforms that broaden and deepen the nexus are recommended

WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-9526 / 2224-2899, Volume 18, 2021, Art. #33

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Patrick Omoruyi Eke, Lawrence Uchenna Okoye, Alexander Ehimare Omankhanlen, "Can Pension Reforms Moderate Inflation Expectation and Spur Savings? Evidence from Nigeria," WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics, vol. 18, pp. 324-337, 2021, DOI:10.37394/23207.2021.18.33
Patrick Omoruyi Eke, Lawrence Uchenna Okoye, Alexander Ehimare Omankhanlen. Can Pension Reforms Moderate Inflation Expectation and Spur Savings? Evidence from Nigeria. WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics. 2021;18:324-337. 10.37394/23207.2021.18.33
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