1. CORRUPTION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

» ABSTRACT Corruption is an ancient practice that has been traced back to pre biblical times and made itself known in the ancient civilizations of China, Greece, India and Rome. Despite corruption’s long history, the 1990s witnessed a decline in public acceptance. Increasingly, corruption has become an elections issue in numerous countries. Moreover, corruption scandals helped unseat governments i...Continue Reading »

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2. CLASSIFYING EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES: DEEDS VS. WORDS

» ABSTRACT Most of the empirical literature on the relative merits of alternative exchange rate regimes uses the IMF de jure classification based on the regime that governments claim to have, abstracting from the fact that many countries that in theory follow flexible regimes intervene in the exchange market to an extent that in practice makes them indistinguishable from fixed rate regimes, a...Continue Reading »

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3. CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ECONOMIC REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2008

» ABSTRACT Aggregate output growth measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) was estimated at 6.49 per cent during the first quarter of 2008, compared with 7.82 per cent in the preceding quarter. The growth was driven by the non oil sector which was estimated at 9.67 per cent. Provisional data indicated growth in monetary aggregates during the review quarter. Broad money supply (M2) and narrow mo...Continue Reading »

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4. CAPITAL MOBILITY, MONETIZATION, AND MONEY DEMAND:EVIDENCE FROM AFRICA

» ABSTRACT Empirical research regarding money demand relationships has been directed towards the identification of a few key economic variables that determine desired money balances. The typical money demand specification includes real income to represent the budget constraint. and the returns of one or more alternative assets to measure the opportunity cost of holding money. The demand function als...Continue Reading »

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5. CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT: THE ROAD AHEAD

» ABSTRACT This paper presents a synthesis of presentations and discussions at a Joint UNITAR/ WAIFEM Sub Regional Workshop on Capital Market Development for West African Nations (Accra, Ghana, 10 14 April 2000). The workshop drew on the expertise of resource persons from the U.S.A, Poland and Nigeria. As part of this initiative UNITAR had the privilege of collaborating with the West African Institu...Continue Reading »

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6. CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN A SMALL COUNTRY

» ABSTRACT Financial intermediation in Slovenia relies mostly on the banking system with established lending relationships, while the development of the non bank financial sector is far behind EU peers. The dominance of bank lending has resulted in a lack of equity financing, in particular to start ups and small and medium sized enterprises (SME) as bank lending is biased towards existing corporati...Continue Reading »

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7. CAPITAL FLOWS

» ABSTRACT Recent financial crisis in Turkey as well as in Mexico revived the interest in the question of capital flows in developing countries. This paper examines the issue of capital flows with special reference to Turkey. Given that there is no one generally accepted definition of capital flight and hot money, the magnitude of capital flows will tried to be measured, using the most suitable def...Continue Reading »

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8. BANK LENDING, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN...

» ABSTRACT There has been a growing concern on the decline of the output of the manufacturing sector in Nigeria in recent times, despite the fact that the government embarked on several strategies aimed at improving industrial production and capacity utilization of the sector. This worry is understandable in view of the fact that it has been generally acclaimed, through the Kaldor’s first law, tha...Continue Reading »

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9. AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FISCAL IMBALANCES AND INFLATION

» ABSTRACT Inflation is generally associated with monetary expansion. Pakistan’s experience is not different from other countries. As a matter of fact, rise in general price level can be mapped on growth of money supply. Although immediate cause of inflation is associated with money growth, developments in monetary stance are indicative of other sectors of the economy. In Pakistan, it is generally...Continue Reading »

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10. AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION A...

» Abstract Overtime, Nigeria has experienced persistent depreciation in its exchange rate, with inflationincreasing at opposite direction, despite government’s exchange rate policies to stabilize prices. Exchange rate is key in foreign trade, as no country can satisfy demands of its population by operating close economy due to nations are endowed with varying natural resources. Thus, exchange rate...Continue Reading »

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11. AN ANALYSIS OF SO-CALLED EXPORT-LED GROWTH

» ABSTRACT The past half century has witnessed an unprecedented rate of world economic development. One stylized fact found by many empirical studies is that most high growth episodes are usually characterized by high export growth, which leads many people to the conclusion that the export sector has played a leading role in the growth process. For example, Balassa (1978) and Ram (1985) found that e...Continue Reading »

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12. THE INFLUENCE OF MONETARY POLICY ON THE NIGERIAN STOCK MARKET

» Abstract This study evaluates the influence of the monetary policy on the Nigeria Stock Market using selected market indices which span from 1986 to 2014. Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) Test, graphs, multiple regressions and the diagnostic test based on the coefficient of determination (R2) were adopted for the analysis, and mainly the study used secondary data. Evidence reveals that Interest rate ...Continue Reading »

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13. THE EFFECT OF INTEREST RATE ON SAVINGS IN NIGERIA

» ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of interest rates on savings in Nigeria Using multiple regression analysis. The study also carried out some diagnostic tests like heteroskedasticity, serial correlation test and stability test. This work made use of secondary data sourced from the central bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin from 1981 to 2014. The result of this regression analysis showe...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 6,372 engagements |

14. ROLE OF CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS IN THE GROWTH OF AN INSURANCE COMPANY

» BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Insurance is a unique industry and one of the contributing tractors to its uniqueness is the product on the insurer that is, the promise to indemnity at a future date, is tangible. It has been generally accepted that insurance industry exist to guarantee the continued existence of other industries (Mehr and Camack (1976). As an illustration if a factory that is insure...Continue Reading »

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15. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA

» ABSTRACT The study examined the Foreign Direct investment and poverty reduction in Nigeria and to examine if foreign direct investment has significant run impact on poverty reduction in Nigeria and to evaluate if there is any significant casualty between foreign direct investment and poverty reduction in Nigeria. Foreign direct investment (FDI) granger cause per capital income but PCI does not g...Continue Reading »

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16. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA, PERFORMANCE, PR...

» ABSTRACT This study shows the performance of foreign direct investment on the manufacturing sector of the Nigeria economy. The study adopts a time series approach to the development of three different models namely; Manufacturing Value Added Model, Foreign direct investment, Interest rate and Gross fixed capital formation, from the year 1981 to 2015.The required data were collected from the cen...Continue Reading »

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17. EFFECT OF INTEREST RATE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA

» ABSTRACT Government should provide an enabling environment for investment to be productive in Nigeria since real interest rate makes investment to go higher, that is investment is a kind of medium that links Investment and Economic growth. Secondly, Government should make policies both monetary and fiscal that will aid investment to be productive in other to be able to achieve the relationship b...Continue Reading »

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18. EFFECTIVE CASH MANAGEMENT THROUGH ELECTRONIC BANKING

» BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The rapidly unfolding development within the information technology in recent times has led to resurgent calls for monies towards an effective cash management through Electronic banking (i.e. E Banking). In the last few years, within the banking industry in Nigeria several commercial products were designed by banks to improve the qualities of services provided to customer....Continue Reading »

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19. THE EFFECT OF HISTORICAL COST ACCOUNTING ON THE REPORTED PROFIT OF A COMPANY

» ABSTRACT This study evaluates the effect of historical cost accounting on the reported profit of a company: An evaluation of current cost accounting as an alternative reporting method. In a high – inflationary and distorted economy like Nigeria with high uncertainties, the conventional historical cost method of profit reporting has misled many companies into liquidation since it has been found i...Continue Reading »

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20. THE EFFECT OF 2004 PENSION REFORM ON PUBLIC SERVANT

» ABSTRACT The purpose of occupational pension scheme is to provide employees regular and stable income after their retirement from service. It is an arrangement an employer or a group of employers use(s) to provide pension (and sometimes other) benefits for their employees when they leave or retire. They also provide benefits to the employee’s dependant if the employee dies. This scheme is usuall...Continue Reading »

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21. RESEARCH JOURNAL OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

» ABSTRACT The noble profession of accounting has been under pressure due to rising public expectation (Adesina, 2003). This is a result of a series of financial failures and the distress especially in the banking sector in Nigeria. Bank managers were sacked because they acted in a manner detrimental to the interest of their depositors and creditors as the banks were said to have given out huge amou...Continue Reading »

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22. NARROWING THE EXPECTATION GAP IN AUDITING: THE ROLE OF THE AUDITING PROFESSION

» ABSTRACT Accounting and auditing are critical components of any economic enterprise as they play an important role in contributing to the effectiveness and efficient functioning of business operations, the capital markets, and the economy by adding credibility to financial statements (Lee, Azham and Kandasamy, 2008). While accounting keeps track of transactions as basis for providing information a...Continue Reading »

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23. INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF PAYROLL ACCOUNTING IN PUBLIC SECTORS

» ABSTRACT A payroll is a company’s list of its employees, but the term is commonly used to refer to: the total amount of money that a company pays to its employees, a company’s records of its employees’ salaries and wages, bonuses, and withheld taxes(http//:wekipedia.org). Payroll in the sense of “money paid to employees” plays a major role in a company for several reasons. From an...Continue Reading »

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24. IMPACT OF TAX ADMINISTRATION ON GOVERNMENT REVENUE IN A DEVELOPING ECONOMY

» ABSTRACT Nigeria is richly blessed with oil and gas among other mineral resources, but the over dependence on oil revenue for the economic development of the country has left much to be deserved. According to Ariyo (1997) Nigeria’s over dependence on oil revenue to the total neglect of other revenue source was encouraged by the oil boom of 1973/74. This is unsustainable due to the fluctuation ...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,016 engagements |

25. IMPACT OF MICRO-PRUDENTIAL INDICES ON CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO OF DEPOSIT MONEY BA...

» ABSTRACT The study has been carried out with the intention to ascertain the effectiveness of various micro prudential determinants of capital adequacy ratio in leading its behaviour and their relational impacting power on its measure for deposit money banks. This research study has employed panel data of selected twelve deposit money banks from 2005 2014 for the independent and dependent variables...Continue Reading »

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