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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Unit root test results

From: Agricultural sector foreign direct investment and economic growth in Ghana

Variablesa

ADF

PPP

Level

First difference

Level

First difference

Gross domestic product (GDP)

4.129

− 3.616**

3.523

− 3.658**

Foreign direct investment-Agric (FDIA)

4.059

− 4.553***

5.980

− 4.899***

Foreign direct investment-gross (FDIG)

2.556

− 3.454**

2.220

− 3.352**

Government expenditure

− 0.841

− 4.281***

− 1.120

− 4.154***

Capital stock

− 1.096

− 6.580***

− 1.059

− 6.638***

Trade openness

− 0.850

− 4.101***

− 1.075

− 3.937***

  1. Critical values were − 3.662, − 2.964 and − 2.616 for 1, 5, and 10% level of significance. Symbols *** and ** denotes 1% and 5% levels of significance respectively
  2. a All values are in natural log