ABSTRACT Remittances to developing countries have become not only the second largest type of flows after foreign direct investments but have also become more than official aids received. This paper uses data on remittance flows to 50 developing countries in Africa from the period 1990 to 2011 in studying the link between remittances and financial sector developments, the extent to which remittances may promote financial developments and the causality traceable between remittances and financia...
ABSTRACT Gold is the most important mineral resource in Ghana. It has over the years contributed to Ghana’s foreign exchange earnings, Gross Domestic Product, employment and government revenue through taxes. However, mining of gold brings great destruction to Ghana’s forests and its habitats. These costs are usually not considered in the design of fiscal policies. The question that arises is, what is the optimal royalty tax rate that would internalize the environmental cost of mining...
ABSTRACT This study is motivated by the conviction that previous studies on the determinants of per capita government healthcare expenditure are mostly based on international comparisons of healthcare expenditure. The study analyses the main demand side determinants of per capita government healthcare expenditure in Ghana from 1970 to 2006. Using the Johansen cointegration test and an error correction model, the paper identified the key determinants of per capita government healthcare expendi...
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in East and Central Africa between 2000 and 2015. A sample of 24 countries made up of 16 from East Africa and 8 from Central Africa were considered. Data was obtained from World Bank Development Indicators and World Governing Indicators. I employed the pooled Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression and panel data econometric techniques for the estimations and the findings revealed that FDI positively ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to examine the effect of job burnout on ethical decision making and professional conducts of accountants. The study further seeks to examine how job burnout mediates job stressors (i.e. role stressors, excessive workload, time budget pressure) and ethical decision making as well as professional conducts. Data was collected from individuals working in accounting firms in Ghana and analyzed using the Partial Least Square Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM)....
ABSTRACT This study sought to bring to the fore, the impact of working capital management on the profitability of banks in Ghana via a case study of FBN Bank, Zenith Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, GCB Bank, Cal Bank and Fidelity Bank. In the study, the researcher identified the relationship that existed between the components of working capital and the profitability of banks. The researcher as well identified the level of correlation that excited between the components of working capital and prof...
ABSTRACT The study of democracy and economic growth is a growing research area both in economics and political economy all over the globe. This study primarily examines the empirical relationship between democracy and economic growth in Ghana using time series data from 1971-2009. It specifically explores the short-run and long-run relationship between democracy and economic growth as well as the direction of causality between them. The research further seek to find the extent to which tax re...
ABSTRACT Donor-funded projects are crucial for socio-economic development of nations. Unfortunately, infrastructural deficit in Ghana has widened in the face of dwindling oversees development aid. Delivering value-for-money project remains vitally important for key stakeholders. This study seeks to examine critical factors for project success/failure, and specifically the relationship between critical factors and successful implementation of donor-funded projects in Ghana. The study was cond...
ABSTRACT Small scale businesses are on the growing trend as these businesses can be found at almost every sector of any economy globally due to its important contribution to national development. The SMEs contributes massively and large percentage to nation‘s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in ensuring growth, employment and income stability of most countries in Africa and the rest of the world. This research is basically concerned with the extent of marketing practices (i.e. market research, ...
ABSTRACT Social media advertising is a powerful tool in contemporary times. The study sought to explore the effectiveness of firms’ social media advertising of fashion brands on consumer decision making with the mediating effect of consumer engagement in Ghana. Three constructs in assessing the effectiveness of firms’ social media advertising which included emotional appeal, informativeness and advertising creativity were used. There were two objectives of the study. The first objective w...
ABSTRACT This study investigated how customers’ perception of the rebranding exercise by the largest bank in Ghana with focus on selected rebranded elements and its influence on their bank preference. The perception of potential customers of the rebranded elements was ascertained using three of the selection criteria (memorability, meaningfulness and likeability) for brand elements as opined by Keller (2003). The selected brand elements in the context of this study included; name, slogan a...
ABSTRACT This study concerns the determinants of the differential use of health care regimens. The focus is on herbal and orthodox medical regimens. Its central theme is that socio-cultural determinants constitute important factors that influence the sick in the selection of a health care regimen in developing African countries. The study pursues this theme by examining the complaint patterns of the two medical regimens, ascertaining the motivations that account for the basis of preference, t...
ABSTRACT This research investigates into the determinants of non-performing loans of listed banks in Ghana using a quantitative research design which allows for both entity and time dimension. Data for macroeconomic variables for the years 2006 to 2016 were obtained from World Development Indicators (WDI) whiles Bank specific data were collected from the annual reports of banks. The study found banks size to be positively related to NPLs. ROA is negatively related to NPLs but it was not sign...
ABSTRACT The role of forgiveness of perceived offenses in health has gained empirical attention for about three decades now in various areas including the area of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). This study aimed at investigating the relationship between forgiveness of offenses directly related to one’s HIV/AIDS-positive status and two health outcomes – psychological health-related quality of life (PHRQOL) and immune functioning, measured b...
ABSTRACT Observation of the behaviours of 1406 drivers at T Junctions were made by pairs of final year.