This paper examines the response of consumer prices to the oil price shocks in Nigeria. The current oil price slump and its slowness to rise for giving hope to economic recovery pose a threat to many oil-backed economies, particularly Nigeria. As such, oil price and consumer pric...
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Research Article10.9734/jemt/2019/v22i530104
This study examined the impact of agriculture sector growth on unemployment level as well as the direction of causality between agricultural sector output and unemployment level in Nigeria. Secondary annual time series data between 1981 and 2016 were used for the study. Data on u...
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Research Article10.9734/jemt/2019/v22i530103
This paper has investigated the signs of the relationship between growth and volatility in a new environment set by changes in assumptions of the Ramsey model to allow technological progress to become endogenous. A generation’s utility maximization is obtained through externaliti...
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Research Article10.9734/jemt/2019/v22i530102
Creative industry has a big influence on the development of tourism destination. Developing a creative industry which is the part of the tourism industry is an assertion in the present. The synergy between the creative economy and the tourism sector is a potential economic develo...
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Research Article10.9734/jemt/2019/v22i530101
The contributions of Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs) to the Ghanaian economy can never be overemphasised. However, most of these institutions are faced with various challenges including non-payment of loans which constantly affect their operations and subsequently survival. As...
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Research Article10.9734/jemt/2019/v22i530100
We examine the effect of wilderness designation on US counties’ spending patterns as well the effect of designation on counties’ overall and tax revenue. Using data on each of the 3,144 US counties from the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics we apply ordinary lea...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2019/46813
The relationship between economic growth, government expenditure and financial development has widely explored but the latter has separately been modelled. Modelling the trio in a single linear model may generate new information. This study examines the effects of disaggregated p...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2019/46228
Technical efficiency was examined by collecting data from Kolar district of Karnataka under four distinct groups viz., vegetable-based small (VS), vegetable-based large (VL), cereal-based small (CS) and cereal-based large (CL) cropping systems by adopting multistage purposive cum...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2019/47480
This study investigated the extent to which the National Directorate of Employment has fulfilled its mandate of combating youth unemployment in Bwari Area Council through survey research design. The analysis of data and testing of formulated hypotheses was executed through descri...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2019/46746
This work is focused on investigating the economic efficiency of farmers on paddy cultivated farms in Raichur district of Karnataka, India. The Raichur district was selected as study area because of highest fertilizer consumption in the Karnataka state. Paddy crops were selected...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2019/46038
Aims: Explaining how social, cognitive and personal proximities influence interactive learning and innovation in an industrial district. Study Design: Drawing on a conceptual development, six proposals are presented and explored in a study based in the Venetian district. On the b...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2019/46594
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been seen increasingly used as to gain competitive advantages. It has become especially significant in retailing industry where CSR practices in health, safety and environmental issues are concerned. This research was undertaken to study...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2019/46107
This study examines which configurations explain the outcomes of local government reform and its variable conditions through comparative qualitative analysis (QCA). The research is represented for the analysis of sub-system conditions through a case of Vietnam in public administr...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2019/46613
The study is aimed at empirically analyzing the effect of value added tax /sales tax on economic growth in Kenya for the period 1973 to 2010 The study adopted econometric exposition based on its ability to determine the strength and direction of relationships between variables. T...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2019/46167
Women entrepreneurship and empowerment are technically interrelated, the paper aims to examine Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Strategy for National Development. Women in developed nations play an important role in national and economic development. Indeed, women in northe...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2019/44828