Prince Fosu Marquette University   1000 Faner Drive Carbondale, Illinois 62901 United States   prince.fosu@marquette.edu   https://business.siu.edu/people/doctoral/econ/fosu.html           JEL Areas: E2 : Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment: General (includes Measurement and Data) O4 : Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General