Author: Ifuero Osad Osamwonyi and Nosakhare IkponmwosaVolume: 60 Issue No:2 Year:2018Abstract: This study investigates the dynamic relationship between Foreign Private Investment (FPRI) and Stock Market volatility in Nigeria, using quarterly time series data from 1985 to 201...
Author: Hassan E. Oaikhenan and Anthony I. Monye-EminaVolume: 56 Issue No:3 Year:2014Abstract: The paper empirically examined the impact of instability in exchange rate, stock market development and a battery of other control variables on the capital account component of Nig...
Author: Chukwunonso Ekesiobi, Ude Damian Kalu & Chukwudi NwokoloVolume: 60 Issue No:3 Year:2018Abstract: The Nigerian industrial sector performance has remained far from impressive despite efforts to advance it. Industrial clusters have however thrived in the face of dei...
Author: John C. Anyanwu & Benedict OzurumbaVolume: 60 Issue No:3 Year:2018Abstract: This paper extends and contributes to the literature on the drivers of structural components of manufacturing value added development in Africa. Given the problem of possible endogeneity,...
Author: Afeikhena Jerome, David Nabena & Uzochukwu AlutuVolume: 60 Issue No:1 Year:2018Abstract: Nigeria's persistent exchange rate crises are fundamentally linked to oil price shocks. The most recent oil bust of mid-2014 which ignited internal macroeconomic dislocations...
Author: T. Ademola OyejideVolume: 62 Issue No:1 Year:2020Abstract: The primary objectives of the paper are to review and assess the debate on concept and measurement of quality of life and explain the relationship between it and economic growth. The debate in the literature ...
Author: Akpan H. EkpoVolume: 62 Issue No:1 Year:2020Abstract: This paper argues that measuring quality of life in Africa goes beyond growth and its per capita measure. The various models for measuring quality of life have implications for Africa. Measurement, analytics and i...
Author: Agboola OlayodeVolume: 61 Issue No:3 Year:2019Abstract: This study investigated the link between GDP, energy consumption and CO2 emission and examined the role of decoupling CO2 from GDP and energy consumption in reducing climate change in six ECOWAS countries. Using...
Author: Anthonia T. Odeleye and Aminat O. OlohunlanaVolume: 61 Issue No:3 Year:2019Abstract: The debate on preference among financing options as regards technical efficiency in the corporate world remains inconclusive. Corporate operations are often financed using either deb...
Author: Abah Daniel AbahVolume: 61 Issue No:3 Year:2019Abstract: Nigeria ranks first in area under ginger cultivation in the world. However, its contribution to world ginger trade is the fifth largest. This study analysed the ginger value chain in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The ...
Author: Ebele S. Nwokoye, Abigail Oyim Stephen K. Dimnwobi & Chukwunonso S. EkesiobiVolume: 61 Issue No:3 Year:2019Abstract: Adoption and utilization of information and communication technology (ICT) is paramount for improved agricultural productivity. This study employs...
Author: Saheed Olawale Olayiwola & Olanrewaju Ademola OlaniyanVolume: 61 Issue No:3 Year:2019Abstract: The lower cost of health care services made possible by health insurance may lead to moral hazard. Moral hazard creates inefficiency in the health insurance market and loss in welfare. This paper i...
Author: Victor Mbulaheni Mmbegwa, Thulisile Mokoena & Khathutshelo RambaustVolume: 61 Issue No:3 Year:2019Abstract: The Limpopo Province is one of the prime mango producers in South Africa, where smallholder farmers produce mangoes for both their household consumption an...
Author: Peter Ubi and Peter MbaVolume: 61 Issue No:2 Year:2019Abstract: This study assesses the role of financial innovation in output growth of small and medium-scale industries (SMEs) in Nigeria using quarterly data from 2009 to 2016. It employs the regressive distributed ...
Author: Denis Nfor Yuni, Nkechinyere R Uwajumogu Nataniel E.Urama & Chukwunenye Ferguson EmekaraonyeVolume: 61 Issue No:2 Year:2019Abstract: Climate change poses a threat to natural resources and increases the vulnerability of rural livelihoods. This has raised an urgent...
Author: Tubo Pearce Okumoko and Ebierinyo A. AkararaVolume: 61 Issue No:2 Year:2019Abstract: There is a great debate on the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on unemployment. Some scholars are of the view that FDI increases unemployment in the host economy, while oth...
Author: Mutiu A. Oyinlola, Abdulfatai A. Adedeji & Modupe O. BolarinwaVolume: 61 Issue No:1 Year:2019Abstract: This study assesses whether natural resource rents can enhance the positive association between human capital and industrial development using a sample of 14 su...
Author: Ebi, Bassey Okon & Lionel EffiomVolume: 61 Issue No:1 Year:2019Abstract: Empirical studies in Europe, America and Asia have shown overwhelming evidence in support of the view that more volatile financial development raises industrial output volatility. The pertin...
Author: B.O. IganigaVolume: 61 Issue No:1 Year:2019Abstract: The performance of the industrial sector in relation to financial development is examined in this study using manufacturing index as a major industrial sector development indicator. A structural variance autoregres...
Author: Ude Damian Kalu, S.I. Madueme and S. Ekesiobi ChukwunonsoVolume: 60 Issue No:2 Year:2018Abstract: This study investigated the relationship between stabilization policies, infrastructural development and industrialization process in Nigeria. The study estimated a slig...