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AN APPRAISAL OF STOCK PRICING IN NIGERIAN CAPITAL MARKET

ABSTRACT The price of a company stock is an indication of the performance of company where stock is properly priced, investors can invest in the most profitable companies based on the stock prices of the companies. It is in line with the foregoing that the researcher has decided to appraise the efficiency of stock pricing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange In doing thus, the researcher adopted the historical and descriptive ...

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THE ROLE OF HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT Although several theories of growth point towards a positive effect of human capital on growth, empirical evidence on this issue has been mixed. Using the Correlation and Regression analyses, this work examines empirically the role of human capital in Nigeria's economic development. Empirical results indicate that there is, indeed a long-run relationship among labour force, physical capital investment proxied by real gross domestic capital formation, human capital formation, proxied ...

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THE IMPACT OF MONETARY POLICY ON AGRIC FINANCE IN NIGERIA ECONOMY

ABSTRACT The study has been carried out to examine the importance of monetary policy on Agric financing and development in Nigeria (A case study of First Bank of Nigeria Plc). It is a well established fact that monetary policy plays a vital role in the economic development and the achievement of macro-economic goals of any nation. The research sheds light on the importance of monetary policies to the agricultural sector ...

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THE IMPACT OF MICRO-FINANCE SCHEME ON PETTY TRADER

ABSTRACT This study was designed to explore the significant impact of micro­finance on petty traders in Agege local Government. The sample for the study comprised of 86 individual who were petty traders in Agege Local Government. The main tool used for the study was a questionnaire designed to collect relevant data about the subject matter. The data collected were subjected to frequency distribution, percentages, mean and Non-parametric chi-square test with ...

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THE IMPACT OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT This research work is geared at evaluating the effectiveness of manufacturing sector in promoting economic development in Nigeria. This is very essential in the Nigerian economy is characterized by GDP dependence on manufacturing output.  Indices of exchange rate, capacity utilization, electricity supply and industrial output are hereby studied for the period of 1985-2007 with respects to the effectiveness of manufacturing sector in promoting economic development in Nigeria. A simple linear ...

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THE IMPACT OF MACROECONOMIC POLICY ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The research study is directed towards the Impact of Macroeconomic Policy on the growth and development of Small Scale Industry in Nigeria using macroeconomic variables such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Loan (SMEL), Investment (INV), Inflation Rate (INF) and also interest rate. This research was analyzed by explaining with some economic models being developed by some Industrious economic scholars. The research recommend that government ...

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IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON BANKING OPERATIONS

CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.0    INTRODUCTION In recent times, Information Technology (IT), which basically involves the use of electronic gadgets especially computers for storing, analyzing and distributing data, is having a dramatic influence on almost all aspects of individual lives and that of the national economy- the banking sector inclusive. The increasing use of IT has allowed for integration of different economic units in a spectacular way. This phenomenon ...

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THE IMPACT OF CAPITAL MARKET FINANCING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This research work examines the impact of Capital Market Financing on Economic Development in Nigerian. It also examined theories that have postulated the key role of capital accumulation in the process the economic development of nation. Although, capital can be mobilized from different sources, both theoretical and empirical analysis have different long term sources of finances are more veritable from productive capital investment. Consequently, the capital market plays a ...

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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MONETARY POLICY IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Monetary policy is formulated side by side with banking policy and it relies majorly on financial programming which seek to ensure some consistencies among the macroeconomic variables in the Nigeria economy. Usually, the programme attempts to estimate an optimum quantity of money consistent with the assumed targets for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate, inflation rate and external reserves. With the estimate computed, the optimum level of money is ...

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THE EFFECT OF STABILIZATION POLICIES ON NIGERIAN ECONOMY

ABSTRACT This research work focus on the appraisal of Macroeconomic Policy on Inflation in Nigerian Economy, also to determine how it enhances the growth of Nigerian Economy. The aim of this research work is to look into challenges and numbers of hypothesis were drawn. Information necessary to address the test of hypothesis was gathered through secondary data, source from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Economic analysis was used to formulate ...

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EFFECT OF INTEREST RATE ON INVESTMENT AND MONEY DEMAND IN NIGERIAN ECONOMY

ABSTRACT The research work examined the Effect of Interest Rate on Investment and Money Demand in Nigerian Economy for the year 2005  –  2014. The research adopted ex-post facts research design. Data for this study were mainly collected from secondary sources and were garthered through Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Federal Office of Statistics (FOS). An econometric model specification was then built and SPSS 20.0 software was used in computing the data regression analysis. Findings of ...

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THE EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE AND INFLATION ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This study is on the effect of exchange rate and inflation on foreign direct investment and its relationship with economic growth. Its main objective is to find the effect of inflation and exchange rate and the bidirectional influences between FDI and economic growth in Nigeria. A twenty one year period was studied. A linear regression analysis was used on the twenty one year data to determine the relationship between ...

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CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES

ABSTRACT There has been a high and growing incidence of poverty in Lagos State in the last two decades. Overtime, what can be discerned in the various approaches to poverty alleviation in Lagos State is that the State is determined largely by making a choice between growth promoting policies and poverty focused strategies. The reality however is that, the two approaches are not after all mutually exclusive. They are complementary to ...

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SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This research work attempts to examine the impact of sustainable environment and economic growth in Nigeria. The objectives to the study are to examine the impact of environmental resources on sustainable economic development in Nigeria with particular reference to Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and to find out the extent to which the activities of oil exploitation have affected the Nigeria society, also to examine the various government acts, ...

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TAX ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA: PROBLEM AND PROSPECTS

ABSTRACT This research work is set to identify the effects of tax evasion, tax avoidance on the Nigerian Economy with particular reference to the Lagos State Internal Revenue Services. This project work is designated to find out the factors responsible for tax evasion in Nigerian Economy. The deviation effects and specifically considers different way in which it could be reduced and controlled in order to meet the present day challenges. ...

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IMPACT OF MICRO CREDIT SCHEME ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICY IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The study which was conducted in lfako ljaye Local government area of Lagos state examined the influence of micro credit on poverty alleviation policy in Nigeria.  The study among other things examined the importance Of small and medium enterprises in the development any given economy can not be over emphasized, hence, the need to undertake this study it was equally the focus of this study to examine the various ways ...

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IMPACT OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITION ON BANK GROWTH AND EFFECTIVENESS

V ABSTRACT Merger and acquisition as stated in study must be seen as an available means of saving companies from serious financial distress or liquidation, in that it provides such business with new management and better access to financial resources. Merger and acquisition enable the acquiring company to spread its risk, while still maintaining the firm's rate of return. We have had problems of collapse in financial institution in Nigeria ...

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IMPACT OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREA IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Information Communication Technology (ICT) has the potential to contribute to development, especially in rural areas of developing countries. But the mechanisms through which ICT can be combined with development agendas and an understanding of the actual development process and impacts of ICT are less well understood or properly defined in the academic literature. The objective of this study, therefore, was to investigate the impact assessment of ICTs facilities and ...

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IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES

ABSTRACT This study succinctly examined FDI development and its impact on the Nigeria Economy from 1995 - 2010. This trend show that FDI  although had some drawbacks due to economic instability and other economic factors that militated against its rise until recent democracy and economic reforms, improved and characterized its changes significantly. The ordinary least square (OLS) method of multiple regression was used and econometric applications all used for the interpretations ...

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EFFECTIVE MARKET CAPITALIZATION AND THE NIGERIA STOCK MARKET GROWTH

ABSTRACT The capital market is one the compartment of financial system that promote savings and investment in an economy, by providing the means of gathering saving and making them available to borrower. The aim of this research work is to examine the effective market capitalization and the Nigeria stock market growth between the periods of 1983-2010. The data used for the research work were both secondary and primary data. Secondary data was ...

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