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ABSTRACT The use of external financing can be described as a balancing act between higher returns for shareholders versus higher risk to  shareholders. Though external financing can boost stock performance of firms,  it  is  still  inconclusive as  to  its  impact  on performance of  firms  in developing economies like Nigeria. It  is,  therefore, against this  background that  this  study investigated the impact of external financing on earnings per share; pay-out ratio; ...

ABSTRA CT This  study  examined  the  "Impact  of Corruption  on  Fiscal  Policy  Management   in Nigeria".  The major  objective was to find out the extent to which corruption  in the fiscal policy management  affects  Government  expenditure  patterns, deficit financing and tax  revenue.  Research  hypotheses  were  raised  and  tested  through  the  use  of simple regression  analysis.  After  the test  of the hypotheses,  it was discovered  that corruption in the fiscal policy management, ...

ABSTRA CT The  degree  of  volatility  of exchange  rate  movements  has  led policy   makers  and researchers  to investigate  the nature and extent of the impact of such movements on growth.  This study  examines  the impact  of exchange  rate volatility on the economic growth in Nigeria.  The thesis offers empirical evidence on the impact of exchange rate volatility  on Nigeria's  economic growth.  A  review of literature shows  that exchange rate  volatility ...

ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to examine the soundness of Banks in Nigeria:  A case study of Access bank, Afribank, Ecobank, First Bank and Standard Chatered Bank were used.  Data for the research were collected through primary and secondary sources namely the annual reports and account of the respective banks, Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) banking supervision unit annual reports on the banks, textbooks , journals and seminar papers.. ...

ABSTRACT One of the activities of financial institutions (banks) involves intermediating between the surplus and deficit units of the economy.   Banks as financial intermediaries  emerge  to  lower  the  cost  of  reaching  potential  investments, exerting corporate controls, managing risks, mobilizing savings and conducting exchanges.  In Nigeria, banks dominate the financial sector and there is detailed information about Nigerian banking history but little information is available on the activities of the financial ...

ABSTRACT The research work was undertaken to asses the impact of inflation on the Nigerian capital markets. The work was intended to achieve the following objectives; to evaluate the way inflation affects the shares of quoted companies in Nigerian Stock Exchange and to examine the impact of inflation on  the price of securities in the Nigerian capital markets. Relevant data were data collected from both the primary and secondary  sources.   ...

ABSTRACT This study was a historical and analytical survey of the effects of Bank crisis in Nigeria. The research coverage comprised banks operating  in  Nigeria  between  1991  and  2000.  Data  used  in  the study   were   all   observational   panel   data   obtained   from   the published accounts of the elements of the research population. A total  of  113  complete  bank  observations  were  utilized  in  the study. The researcher visited the Nigerian Deposit Insurance ...

ABSTRACT Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays an extraordinary and growing role in global business by providing firms  with  new  markets  and  marketing channels  for  their  products,Incidentally,  Nigeria  has  been a recipient of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) overtime but the major determinants and their impacts in the growth of the economy have not been fully ascertained. This study sought to:   (i) examine FDI determinants(market  size,  exchange  rate,  inflation  rate  and  degree  ...

ABSTRACT This study/research was necessitated owing to the recent financial crisis that enveloped the globe, commonly referred to as the global credit crunch. This crisis came about as a result of mismanagement of mortgaged that were made available to the masses abroad specifically the United States of America. The crisis has its root in a banking practice called sub-prime lending or supreme mortgage. Even when Banks got to realize that ...

ABSTRACT An efficient market hypothesis asserts that all stocks are perfectly priced according to their inherent investment properties, the knowledge of which all market participants possess equally. In semi-strong-form efficiency, it is implied that share prices adjust to publicly available new information very rapidly and in an unbiased fashion, such that no excess returns can be earned by trading on that information. Among these market events, bonus issues from twenty-five ...

ABSTRACT This work analyzed the dynamics of stock market development and economic growth in Nigeria from 1984 -2017. The specific objectives were to:  determine the impact of stock market size on Nigeria's economic  growth;  determine  the impact  of stock market  liquidity  on Nigeria's economic  growth; ascertain whether there was existence of long    run relationship between  stock market development and Nigeria's economic growth;  determine the existence and level of volatility clustering ...

ABSTRACT The issue of whether capital market development has any direct impact on economic growth has/is still been debated in academic literature. Earlier research in this area of finance had emphasized the role of the banking sector in economic growth; however, the recent surge in capital markets activities with emerging markets like Nigeria accounting for a large amount of this boom has led to focus on the linkage between capital ...

ABSTRACT Rapid industrialization and urbanization have resulted in the generation of large quantities of aqueous effluents, many of which contain high levels of toxic heavy metals and xenobiotics that pollute groundwater and soil of affected farmlands. Heavy metals are not biodegradable and as such not removed from the soil but rather accumulate and persist in soil reservoirs, consequently entering the food chain and exerting toxic effects on living organisms. Copper ...

ABSTRACT Amongst the major economic reforms that were introduced in 1986 is the deregulation of interest rates in the Nigerian financial market. The theoretical base for deregulation is largely attributable to the Keynesian investment theory. The overall aim of deregulating interest rates is to encourage savings  mobilization and  make  it  possible  for  adequate  flow  of financial resources to  the productive sectors of the economy. Undoubtedly, interest rate deregulation could have ...

ABSTRACT Corruption is an anti-social behaviour conferring improper benefits contrary to legal and moral norms, which undermine the authorities to improve the living conditions of the people. It is one of the greatest challenges of the contemporary world today. The increasing wave of corruption  and  its  devastating  impact  on  the  Nigeria  economy  has become  a  national problem which has triggered serious research interest within the academics and the industry. This ...

ABSTRACT Attempts at attracting foreign direct investment in Nigeria have been based on  the need  to maximise  the  potential  benefits  derived  from  them,  and  to  minimise  the negative effects their operations could impose on the country.   To  this effect, the federal government of Nigeria has over the years, been employing different incentive measures, both fiscal and monetary, for the purposes of attracting investors to develop the economy. How successful have ...

ABSTRACT This study sought to achievethe following objectives: (i)investigate the impact of federal government’s external borrowings on the lending rates of deposit money banks in Nigeria, (ii) determine the effect of federal government’s domestic borrowings on commercial banks total deposit  liabilities  in  Nigeria,  (iii)  examine  the  effect  of  federal  government’s  domestic borrowings  on  commercial  banks  total  credit,  and;  (iv)  evaluate  the  effect  of  federal government’s domestic borrowings on the total ...

ABSTRACT Innovations in banks have been the antidote the mess that befalls banks in Nigeria due to fraud. Many people lost confidence in banks and started reverting to the old systems of holding money in assets, which draws us back to the Stone Age. Hence with the emergence of innovations that shift attention from the bank to the customer, patronage has greatly increased, and many banks are busy evolving one ...

ABSTRACT One  of  the  major  economic  objectives  of  every  nation  is  to maintain a sustained increase in economic development, through a continuous rise of the economic indicators like the Gross Domestic product (GDP) and capital formation. For this to be achieved,  industries must be built and adequately maintained. However, industrialization requires huge amount of fund which can be available through the pooling together of numerous savers fund. The Capital Market ...

ABSTRACT Financial Inclusion is considered an important means to realize the goal of inclusive economic growth.  Inclusive financial  arrangement  is  becoming  a  policy issue in both  developed  and developing  nations  of  the  world  as  it  has  been  perceived  as  a  veritable  tool  for  poverty alleviation and economic development. This study was set to determine the impact of financial inclusion on economic growth in Nigeria. The nature of data was Secondary ...