Economics Research Papers/Topics

Economic Analysis of Capital Expenditure and Infrastrucral Development in Nigeria

Infrastructural development has been the major concern of countries all over the world due to its significant impact in fostering growth. In Nigeria, it has been observed that the level of infrastructure posed serious threat to attaining sustained growth. This study therefore examines the impact of capital expenditure on infrastructural development in Nigeria, utilising time series from 1970 to 2017. The study adopted autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model due to the possibility of the p...

Environmental Hazards and Life Expectancy in Africa Evidence from GARCH Model

This study investigates the extent to which environmental hazards affect life expectancy in Africa using Nigeria time series spanning from 1960 to 2017. The study adopted generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model in estimating the total number of 58 (years) observations to ensure robustness in the estimation results. The estimation results show that environmental hazards in terms of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission from solid fuel consumption reduce life expecta...

Structural change, exchange rate and the asymmetric adjustment of retail energy prices in Europe

This paper examines the role of structural change in the asymmetric adjustment of retail energy prices following changes in crude oil costs. The paper also examines the pattern of adjustment in retail energy prices when exchange rate is accounted for as part of the marginal cost of importing crude oil in European countries with high oil import dependency ratio. The paper shows that the results of Greenwood-Nimmo and Shin (2013) no longer hold when the structural change in the relationship bet...

PROJECT(UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION IN NIGERIA,ANY TRADE-OFF

Abstract The existence of trade-off between unemployment and inflation in Nigeria has remained a controversial issue. While some scholars argue in favour of its existence others claimed Philips curve is nothing but an illusion. This study therefore contributes to the existing literature by trying to find out if there is trade-off between unemployment and inflation in Nigeria using a time series data from 1991-2014.the ordinary least squares (OLS) technique and granger causality test were used...

Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Kenya_2010

The global income distribution highlights the extraordinarily high degree of inequality. The average income of the top 20% of the world’s population is about 50 times the average income of the bottom 20% (HDR 2005). Kenya’s top 10% households control 42% of the total income while the bottom 10% controls less than 1% (SID, 2004). Kenya’s long term development goal as indicated in its Vision 2030 is to transform the country into a middle income country with a sustainable economic growth ...

IMPACT OF DONOR HEALTH EXPENDITURE ON UNDR-FIVE MORTALITY RATE AND LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH IN NIGERIA

The project shows the relationship between the donated funds of both national and international NGO on under five mortality rate and life expectancy at birth.

The role Small and Medium Scale Enterprise and Infrastructural Development in Nigeria

This study investigates the role Small and Medium Scale Enterprise and Infrastructural Development in Nigeria. The basic objective of the study is to examine how infrastructure contributes to the Nigerian economic development. The use of questionnaire was employed to get the needed information from the selected population. The information gotten were therefore analyzed and interpreted in other to test the hypothesis. A total of 100 SMEs were randomly selected from Oyo Township. The responses ...

THE DRIVERS OF PRIVATE SECTOR DEMAND FOR CREDIT IN UGANDA FOR THE PERIOD 1980-2015

This research report studied the determinants of loan demand by the private sector in the Uganda. Employing a time series analysis using the Johansen methodology, the study identified one cointegrating relationship linking private sector demand for credit to GDP, lending rate, Broad money, Bank credit to government and risk premium of lending to the private sector hence the existence of a long run relationship between them. The long run model indicated private sector demand for credit is posi...

THE DETERMINANTS AND STABILITY OF MONEY DEMAND IN THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

The ability to model a stable relationship between money and prices is fundamentally considered a necessary requirement for a monetary targeting framework. Having a stable money demand function helps to ensure that the desired impact of monetary policy is predictable. The study undertaken sought to explain the determinants of money demand in Uganda employing cointegration analysis to establish the existence of a long-run relationship between Money, income, a vector of interest rates, inflatio...

The Impact of Naira Devaluation on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in Nigeria

TITLE PAGE   THE IMPACT OF NAIRA DEVALUATION ON SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SME) IN NIGERIA     BY     OHAEGBU HENRY SOMTOCHUKWU 2012034025     A PROJET SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY (COOU) IGBARIAM CAMPUS     IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.Sc.) DEGREE IN ECONOMICS                 JULY, 2016.   APPROVAL PAGE In a...

THE IMPACT OF CORRUPTION ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: AN ERROR CORRECTION MECHANISM (ECM) APPROACH (1996-2017)

Abstract This research investigates the impact of corruption on Economic growth in Nigeria  from  1996-2017.  Data  were  collected  from  the  Central  Bank  of Nigeria  Statistical  Bulletin,  Debt  Management  office  and  Transparency International. The study examines the stochastic characteristics of each time series  by  testing  their  stationarity  using  Augmented  Dickey-Fuller  (ADF) test.  The study also  employed ECM for  estimation.  Variables used ...

Executive Compensation; Meaning, Content, Theoretical Frameworks, Regulations, and Samples Drawn from Nigeria Private Sector

This paper work examined the issue of executive compensation in n Nigeria private sector. The meaning  and content of executive compensation as well as the selected theoretical frameworks win explaining the critical issue of executive compensation was extensively examined. The regulations both internal and external regulations were examined and samples from Nigerian private sector was drawn. 

An ARDL Analysis of the Effect of Oil Price Fluctuations on Inflation in Nigeria (2010 - 2017)

ABSTARCT Nigeria is still   largely  dependent on  crude  oil to  satisfy  its oil  needs   since crude  oil   is animportant  part  of her economy. This  dependency on crude oil triggers most macroeconomicindicators such as inflation to react to fluctuations in the world price of oil, making the economyvulnerable to fluctuations in the world oil price. This study therefore employs Auto RegressiveDistributive Lag analysis to examine the effects of oil price fluctuations on in...

The Impact of Interest Rate on the Growth of Financial Institutions in Nigeria (1986 - 2016)

This Article dwells on the Impact of Interest Rate on the Growth of Financial Institutions in Nigeria. Interest rate which is the opportunity cost for capital has been theorized by many authorities in the sphere of Economics. The research work carried out by the researcher used the OLS econometric method to analyze data obtained from CBN statistical bulletin. The result of the findings showed that interest rate has an inverse relationship with the growth of financial institutions in Nigeria...


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