Author: Taofeek Olusola Ayinde, Tajudeen Egbetunde & Abiodun S. BankoleVolume: 56 Issue No:3 Year:2014Abstract: This study investigates hysteresis in unemployment in Nigeria and examines the role that monetary policy plays in the persistence level of unemployment in the ...
Author: Usman Adekunle Ojedokun and Adeyinka Abideen AderintoVolume: 56 Issue No:3 Year:2014Abstract: Social network constitutes a valuable asset which transnational migrants typically rely on for survival and adaptation in their country of destination. However, it is increa...
Author: Catherine ChovwenVolume: 56 Issue No:3 Year:2014Abstract: The study focused on demographics and coping styles among 237 (two hundred and thirty seven) young career women in both manufacturing and service organizations in Ibadan metropolis in Oyo State, Nigeria. The e...
Author: Abiodun O. Folawewo and Adeniyi Jimmy AdedokunVolume: 56 Issue No:2 Year:2014Abstract: This study extends the empirical literature on the effect of corruption and decentralization on public expenditure by using a panel of the 15 ECOWAS countries, for the period 1996 ...
Author: Francis TealVolume: 56 Issue No:2 Year:2014Abstract: Job creation is a central part of the policy of almost all African countries. The problem is particularly acute in Nigeria where over the period of the early 2000s, there was a substantial decline in the number of ...
Author: Sheriffdeen A. Tella and Taofeek O. AyindeVolume: 56 Issue No:2 Year:2014Abstract: This study examines institutions and sustainable fiscal management in Nigeria for the period 1970-2011. In view of the proliferation of investigation techniques in the empirical litera...
Author: Samuel Bayode OludoyiVolume: 56 Issue No:2 Year:2014Abstract: This study examined the annual profit after tax (PAT) generated by 22 December ending fiscal year firms quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange from the early 1970s to 2011. The stochastic processes of each ...
Author: John F.E. OhiorhenuanVolume: 56 Issue No:2 Year:2014Abstract: The announcement for this conference raised a number of analytical and policy questions about the dynamics of institutions in Nigerian development. Three of these are of particular interest in this paper: ...
Author: Adeolu O. Adewuyi & Damilola F. ArawomoVolume: 55 Issue No:3 Year:2013Abstract: With a modified import demand framework, this study examines the role of institutions and product differentiation (PD) in the surge in imports into Nigeria from an emerging partner (C...
Author: Bandele A.G. Amoo, Magnus O. Abeng & Yusuf AdamuVolume: 55 Issue No:3 Year:2013Abstract: This study examines the relationship as well as the contribution of capital inflows to domestic investment in Nigeria. Using annual data spanning the period 1981-2012, the st...
Author: P.B. EreghaVolume: 55 Issue No:3 Year:2013Abstract: The ECOWAS region, over the past decades years, has been battling with poor economic performance and growth experts recently have opined that strengthening institutions as well as good governance are paramount in sa...
Author: Mohammed I. Shuaibu & Afeez A. SalisuVolume: 55 Issue No:3 Year:2013Abstract: This paper examines the linkage between foreign direct investment, financial depth and economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1970Q1-2011Q4. Essentially, it employs the cointegration...
Author: Solomon A. Olakojo & Abiodun O. FolawewoVolume: 55 Issue No:3 Year:2013Abstract: Neoclassical growth models attribute growth differentials across countries to differences in the level of technology, accumulation of physical and human capital, as well as research ...
Author: Frank Iyekoretin Ogbeide & Saidi Atanda MustaphaVolume: 55 Issue No:3 Year:2013Abstract: This paper investigates the determinants of corruption and its impact on economic growth in 39 sub-Saharan African countries. The corruption index was obtained from the World...
Author: Adeola Adenikinju & Olatokunbo OluwayemisiVolume: 55 Issue No:2 Year:2013Abstract: Prepaid meters are a relatively new innovation adopted by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria as part of its power supply programme for energy saving. It is a mechanism that chang...
Author: Adedoyin Soyibo, Olanrewaju Olaniyan & Akanni O. LawansonVolume: 55 Issue No:2 Year:2013Abstract: Health care financing policy has a significant impact on the structure and organization of health care delivery. The choice of a particular healthcare financing appr...
Author: Kenneth OjoVolume: 55 Issue No:2 Year:2013Abstract: Sourcing finance for quality universal health care remains a major challenge in Nigeria, despite the key role health plays in a nation's economic development. The often dysfunctional state of public sector health fa...
Author: Chijioke Okoli and Obinna OnwujekweVolume: 55 Issue No:2 Year:2013Abstract: Inequity in access to healthcare services is a topical issue, especially as there is a global movement towards ensuring that health systems areequitable and guarantee equal access to all popu...
Author: A. Adenikinju and S. OmenkaVolume: 55 Issue No:2 Year:2013Abstract: Global market conditions and unsustainable fiscal deficits show that Nigeria's government can no longer sustain a high level of fuel subsidy. These partly informed the policy shift towards the remova...
Author: Lloyd A. AmaghionyeodiweVolume: 55 Issue No:2 Year:2013Abstract: The role of health in an economy cannot be underestimated and its link to poverty reduction and economic growth has been investigatedcomprehensively in the literature using various approaches. These app...