ABSTRACT This study empirically examines the effects of exchange rate on balance of payment in Nigeria, using quarterly data from 1981-2017. The empirical methodology utilized the Bounds cointegration test to detect possible long-run and short-run dynamic relationship, and found no presence of long run relationship between the variables used in the model. The study employed the Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL), to check for properties in the relationship between the variables above liste...
ABSTRACT ThepurposeofthisstudyistoexaminetheeffectofsectoralForeignDirectInvestment oneconomicgrowthinNigeriamakinguseoftimeseriesdatafortheperiod1981-2018. AnAuto-regressiveDistributedLag(ARDL)technique(withemphasisonshortrun estimates)isusedtoexaminetherelationshipforseriesthatareI(0)andI(1).Thestudy considersfive FDIsectors which includes:Telecommunication infrastructures,oil, Agriculture,Manufacturing,Services andotherinfrastructuressectorsasitsvariables representingsectoralforeigndirecti...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of investment in the Nigerian economy by making use of time series data for the period, 1970-2015. The study employed the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) for the analysis. From the result, it is shown that exchange rate, interest rate, inflation rate, and total financial saving, all have a positive effect on investment whereas external debt has a negative effect on investment. Therefore, the Government should improve the...
Abstract This study examines empirical determinants of inflation dynamics in Nigeria between 1995 and 2018 fiscal years. It employed monthly data that were sourced from the Central bank of Nigerian Statistical Bulletin, 2018 edition. Several studies have examined inflation determinants in Nigeria for several periods, but the empirical findings of some of these studies are mixed in terms of the different forms of inflation. Headline inflation, which is the most, reported inflation in Newspaper...
ABSTRACT Good governance, with respect to how organisations or states are managed has assumed a prominent position in the private and public domains (Abdellatif, 2003; Mbao and Komboni, 2008; Owojori, Akintoye and Adidu, 2009). A review of literature suggests that good governance is very key to tax compliance (Maffry, 1997; Carstens, 2005; Ribadu, 2006; Friedman, 2009; Iwuagwu, 2009; Lu, Huang and Lo, 2010). According to Graham and Bruhn (2009), the decision to impose taxes is not based simp...
ABSTRACT This research studied the impact of regional and international peacekeeping operations on intra-state conflict. It especially studied the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations in the resolution of the Liberian conflict of 1989-2003, and the Sierra Leonean conflict of 1991-1999. The research is carried out using the Case Study Design which involves the detailed examination of a single phenomenon at a time. Case studies thus enable a comprehensive un...
ABSTRACT Performance appraisal has been view by human resource practitioners as an effective tool for human resource management (HRM). Yet effective in the other hand remains a practical challenge to managers and employees because of cognitive, behavioural and motivational factors. This study was aimed at looking into the performance appraisal and productivity in Abia State Polytechnic, Aba. The study commenced with the introduction, where the researcher discussed the background to the study ...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of macroeconomic variables on stock prices in Nigeria. Since most of the previous studies in this area did not consider the topic at the individual firm’s level, the work therefore made an attempt to unravel the complex relationship between stock prices and macroeconomic variables at the market level as well as at the individual firm’s level. Secondary data on stock prices of selected firms, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) stock price index and si...
ABSTRACT The study investigated personality type, parenting style and socioeconomic status as predictors of adolescents’ delinquency behaviour among three hundred and sixty (360) secondary school students from Nsukka Local Government Area. They consist of both male and females aged 10 – 17 years with a mean age of 13.5 years. Three instruments were used such as; Type A behaviour scale, parental bonding Instrument and the Self report delinquency scale. Multiple regression analysis was used...
ABSTRACT This study was on investment management practices and growth of public enterprises in Enugu state, Nigeria. The objective of this thesis was to identify investment management practices employed in public enterprises in Enugu State; and explain how the adoption of appropriate investment management practices promoted the growth of the enterprises. The purpose of this study was to analyse any observed growth of public enterprises in Enugu State in terms of the extent to which they emplo...
ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of staff training and development on employees’ work attitudes in Anambra State Local Government system. It worked on the contention that the low performance of employees in Anambra State Local Government system was as a result of the existing poor attitudes to work put up by the employees. The study therefore concerned itself with the primary task of finding out the extent at which local government training and development programmes has been able to...