The paper empirically examined the impact of globalization on the growth of Nigerian economy using times-series data from 1960 to 2010. The paper utilized secondary data and various econometrics and/or statistical packages analytical (View 7.2) method were explored to examine the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/14698
Aims: Spatial proximity with competitive enterprises is a factor influencing the acceleration of the technological progress in industrial systems in the most developed countries, but is it like that also in Poland? The main objective of the conducted studies was the identificatio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/14355
An empirical investigation of the contribution of agriculture, petroleum, human capital to the economic growth in Nigeria were carried out in this paper by employing cointegration test, Granger causality test and ordinary least square techniques, using the data of annual time ser...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/14856
The study investigated the impact of international remittances on the Nigerian economy. The recent global surge in remittance flows and the twin consequences of migration and remittances on economic development have become contemporary topical issues. Thus the need to obtain evid...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/13290
This paper explores the relevance of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to emerging economies in general and Nigeria in particular. The research uses evidence from interviews conducted with senior officers from two Big Four accountancy firms in Nigeria and prior s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/13198
Aims: To examine the significance differences between discounted operating cash flow associated with non-current assets and the impairment loss for 2005 compared to 2006, 2006 compared to 2007, 2007 compared to 2008.Moreover,estimating value in use through future cash flows attri...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/12880
The impact of working capital management on the liquidity and profitability of select deposit money banks in Nigeria was the main focus of this work. Ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study. Taro Yamane’s statistical formula was used to determine the sample size o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/15132
The paper estimates households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for improved supply of electricity in Tamale Urban and Peri-Urban Communities. A contingent valuation method (CVM) was used to determine the stated WTP amount and its determinants. The results from the CVM indicate that hou...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/15560
Whether or not tax evaders join tax amnesty programs, an important indicator is the influence of tax amnesty programs on compliance. To study this question, the paper sheds light on a relatively neglected but important area of prevailing tax amnesty literature in the economic ana...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/15345
The study investigated the effect of financial wealth on private consumption in Nigeria using Modigliani-Brumberg’s [1] life cycle hypothesis and permanent income hypothesis of Freidman [2] as theoretical basis for the empirics. The data were collected from Central Bank of Nigeri...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/13289
Aims: To investigate the influence of reputation loss and economic dependence on auditor strategic interactions. Study Design: We consider two risk neutral parties, an enterprise and an auditor, and sort the auditors as high-quality (Big 4) and low-quality (non-Big 4) to match ac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/8639
This paper tests the effect of technological distance (the difference in technological progress between two countries) on the bilateral technology diffusion, measured by the flow of patent applications. To do so, the PROMETHEE II method is applied in order to construct an annual...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/15670
Mining sector is one of key economic sectors in Burkina Faso. Its contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) and its leadership in the country’s export earnings make it the most attractive sector both inside and outside the country. However, this fancy for mining activities rem...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/15647
This study examines the relevance of different approaches related to non-pecuniary factors by distinguishing positive from negative work attitudes (e.g., effort and shirking). Using survey data, we quantify the relative importance of several human resource management practices. R...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/15273
This study has considered whether the differences in output and productivity among cassava women farmers in Benue state, Nigeria occur because of involvement in agricultural development project (ADP), or simply due to differences in observed characteristics. Data from 87 project...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/14499