abstract the study examines the growth effects of foreign direct investment on environmental quality in nigeria between 1970 and 2013. variables like per capita income, environmental degradation, foreign direct investment, human capital, inflation, trade openness, interest rate, and the interaction term between foreign direct investment and carbon emission were employed in the study. a long run...

The Journal of Economic Literature codes classification system (JEL) published by the American Association (AEA) is de facto standard for research literature in economics. JEL used to classify articles, dissertations, books, book reviews, and working papers EconLit, a database maintained AEA. Over time, it has evolved extended with over 850 subclasses. This paper reviews history development sys...

Achieving the 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Nigeria requires and inclusive economic growth. There is no consensus among economists on effect of monetary policy The results previous studies growth are mixed. main objective this paper to evaluate order ascertain if can be used achieve SDGs Nigeria. from 1991 2020 was evaluated using ordinary least squares regression model. findings...

This study examined the achievement of organizational goals by deposit money banks following period banking sector reform. Annual time series data from industry and Nigerian economy for 1990 to 2020 were used implement a simplified version modified Pantula Principle (an improved cointegrating technique). Three sets reforms bank performance measures, including bank-specific, industry-specific, m...

JEL Classification Code(s): J 31, J 71) "Perceptions of Discrimination, Effort to Obtain Psychological Balance, and Relative Wages: Can We Infer a Happiness Gradient?" There is a substantial literature that finds a linkage between happiness and relative economic well being as measured by earnings or wages. There is also a well documented racial gap in wages. One explanation for this is disparat...

sharp increase in oil price and the volatility in recent decades have attracted most researchers towards the field of energy. it seems not only the direct oil price, but also the uncertainty caused by the oil price volatility affect the raw oil supply. in this research the effect of oil price volatility on oil supply has been estimated using monthly time series data from january 1980 to septemb...

The key question answered in this paper is, what characterises the manufacturing business environment in Nigeria and how are firms and government supposed to react? Based on a sample of manufacturing firms, our findings show that the environment, though complex-changing, is analysable. We offer some explanations for and draw strategic implications from these results. In a large, protected low-i...

This study applies a production function approach to value the groundwater recharge function of the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands in northern Nigeria. The groundwater recharge function supports dry season agricultural production which is dependent on groundwater abstraction for irrigation. Using survey data this paper first carries out an economic valuation of agricultural production, per hectare of i...

Aim/purpose – The main objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between service quality and customer loyalty moderating effect positive word- -of-mouth on in hospitality sector, North Central Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach adopted a quantitative technique. Data were collected through survey technique Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25.0 was used ...

Although previous works have discussed the benefits of precolonial centralization for development in Africa, the findings and the mechanisms provided do not explain the heterogeneity in development outcomes of formerly centralized states. Using new survey data from Nigeria, I find a significant negative effect of precolonial centralization on access to certain public services for centralized re...