Department of Economics: Recent submissions

  • Impact of Agricultural Sector on Sustainable Financial Sector Growth in Nigeria 
    AIGBEDION, Marvelous; AKPAN, Michael (ICONIC RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING JOURNALS, 2024-06-11)
    Since Nigeria gained independence, agriculture has been neglected, despite the country’s 70.8 million hectares of agricultural land, out of which only 34 million hectares have currently been cultivated, leaving ...
  • Nexus Between Asset Class Volatility and the Output ap in Nigeria: A Bayesian Var Approach 
    AIGBEDION, Marvelous (Financial Economics Letters, 2024-01-19)
    Excessive volatility in financial markets can disrupt economic activity, affect investor and consumer confidence, and potentially lead to financial crises in an economy. Due to this backdrop, this study examined the link ...
  • IMPACT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INFLATION ON UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NIGERIA: 1981-2022 
    AIGBEDION, Marvelous; ONIORE, Jonathan (FULafia International Journal of Business and Allied Studies (FIJBAS), 2024-03-02)
    The study examines the impact of economic growth and inflation on unemployment rate in Nigeria from 1981 to 2022 using Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model. Findings show that economic growth, inflation have a positive ...
  • NIGERIA’S DOWNSTREAM OIL SECTOR DEREGULATION AND EFFICIENT PETROLEUM PRICING: AN ERROR CORRECTION MODEL (ECM) APPROACH 
    Ezie, Obumneke; Bieda, Onivehu Julius (International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management UK, 2014-10-14)
    The paper examines deregulation of downstream oil sector and optimal petroleum pricing in Nigeria. Log linear error correction model was adopted to examine how Custom and excise duties (CED), petroleum profit tax (PPT),) ...
  • NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC SIZE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: A SEARCH FOR EXPLANATION 
    Gado, Nuhu; Ezie, Obumneke (International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2014-09-21)
    Nigeria’s economy has grown in size as measured by GDP even surpassing that of South Africa. This growth has been comprised of three major components of Agriculture, Industry and Services. How is this increase in ...
  • Access to Finance and Mobile Banking in Africa: Challenges and Prospects 
    Aiyedogbon, John; Ezie, Obumneke (International Journal of Economics and Empirical Research., 2014-02-20)
    Purpose: This study investigates the challenges and prospects of mobile banking in Africa. Methodology: We examined the growth of mobile phone technology over the past decade and consider its potential impacts upon ...
  • Determinants of Human Capital Development: Policy Implication for Economic Growth in Nigeria 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre (Lapai Journal of Economics; Volume 3, No.2; 2019, 2019-11-29)
    Most theoretical studies like the endogenous growth theory have shown that countries and regions which invest heavily on human capital development should expect higher growth rates than areas with inferior levels. ...
  • MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre; Joshua, Emily Gyang (International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom Vol. III, Issue 10, October 2015 Licensed under Creative Common Page 215 http://ijecm.co.uk/, 2015-10-22)
    Unemployment is a problem of great concern to policy makers of both developing and developed countries as it can yield devastating effect on economic welfare, misery and social instability. Further, unemployment results ...
  • The Impact of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Private Domestic Investment Performance in Nigeria 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre (IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance (IOSR-JEF) e-ISSN: 2321-5933, p-ISSN: 2321-5925.Volume 7, Issue 3. Ver. I (May. - Jun. 2016), PP 07-15 www.iosrjournals.org, 2016-06-02)
    Since September 1986, when market determined exchange rate system was introduced, the naira exchange rate has exhibited the features of continuous depreciation and instability. This instability and continued depreciation ...
  • IMPACT OF FISCAL POLICY DECENTRALIZATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1995-2019) 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre (POLAC INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (PIJEMS)/Vol.8, No. 1 APRIL 2022/ISSN: 2465-7085, 2022-04-09)
    Nigeria's fiscal federalism has evolved and reshaped over time as a result of several changes aimed at improving the economy's macroeconomic performance. However, despite the introduction of various fiscal measures, ...
  • Industrial Sector Growth and Public Infrastructure Capital in Nigeria 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre (Journal of Economics, Management and Trade 19(4): 1-12, 2017; Article no.JEMT.37144 ISSN: 2456-9216, 2017-10-27)
    Policy makers in Nigeria tend to regard public infrastructure as the key to long-run industrial and economic growth. But unfortunately, public infrastructure in Nigeria is typically in a fairly poor condition. Poor ...
  • The Impact of Exchange Rate Regimes on Economic Growth in Nigeria 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre (Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.7, No.12, 2016, 2016-10-26)
    The choice and management of an exchange rate regime is a critical aspect of economic management to safeguard competitiveness, macroeconomic stability, and sustainable development. But rather, the country has continued ...
  • IMPACT OF ELECTRONIC BANKING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MONEY DEPOSIT BANKS IN NIGERIA 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre (Noble International Journal of Economics and Financial Research ISSN(e): 2519-9730 ISSN(p): 2523-0565 Vol. 04, No. 09, pp: 83-90, 2019, 2019-10-02)
    E- banking enable banks to speed up their retail and wholesale banking services; as the banking industry believes that adopting the new technology will help to improve customer service level and tie their customers closer ...
  • Impact of Monetary Policy on Stock Market Prices in Nigeria 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre (Journal of Economics, Management and Trade 19(4): 1-11, 2017; Article no.JEMT.37882 ISSN: 2456-9216, 2017-09-23)
    The paper investigated the relationship between monetary policy and stock market prices in Nigeria and through assess whether monetary policy influences stock market prices, for the period 1985 to 2015. The Dynamic and ...
  • Asymmetric Analysis of Macroeconomic and Financial Determinants of Deposit Money Banks Performance in Nigeria 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre; AIYEDOGBON, John (THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT, 2023-09-17)
    The performance of the banking industry is influenced by the economic, social, and political context in which it functions. The significant impact of the macroeconomic and financial environment on the performance of DMBs ...
  • Impact of Monetary Policy on Inflation Targeting in Nigeria (1986 – 2022) 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre; AIGBEDION, Marvelous (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE (IJRISS) ISSN No. 2454-6186 | DOI: 10.47772/IJRISS Volume VII Issue XII December 2023, 2023-12-19)
    The obstacles encountered in establishing inflation benchmarks alongside other monetary indicators have not been conducive to maintaining consistent price levels and broad economic stability in Nigeria. Consequently, this ...
  • Public Expenditure Growth and Inflation in Nigeria: The Causality Approach 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre; EZIE, Obumneke (SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies (SSRG-IJEMS) – volume2 issue1 January 2015, 2015-01-11)
    The paper examined empirically the causal relationship existing between public expenditure growth and inflation in Nigeria from 1981 to 2012. Employing modern time series econometric techniques such as; Augmented ...
  • FISCAL DEFICITS AND FOREIGN RESERVES EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre; EZIE, Obumneke; Awujola, Abayomi (International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom Vol. II, Issue 10, Oct 2014 Licensed, 2014-10-12)
    The main aim of this study is the evaluation of fiscal deficits and its effects on external reserves in Nigeria over the period 1981-2012. Employing modern time series econometric techniques such as unit root test, ...
  • IMPACT OF FINANCIAL DEEPENING AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT EFFECTIVENESS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre (International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom Vol. II, Issue 10, Oct 2014 Licensed under Creative Common Page 1 http://ijecm.co.uk/, 2014-10-26)
    The study examined empirically the impact of financial deepening; foreign direct investment on economic growth in Nigeria from 1981 to 2012. The paper seeks to investigate the hypothesis that financial development is ...
  • Determinants of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Selected North African Countries 
    ONIORE, Jonathan Ojarikre (International Journal of Management Studies and Social Science Research, 2023-07-15)
    China and North African economic relations are expanding rapidly as both an important trading partner and increasingly as an investor into the region. The main objective of this study is to examine the determinants of ...

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