The effect of budget deficits on the economy is one of the most important unresolved issues in public economics and macroeconomics. Based on a simple loanable funds model that describes the relationship between budget deficits and long-term interest rates, this study empirically...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/5146
This article specified a semiparametric stochastic frontier function using generalized additive models that accounts for random noise in the sample data. We estimated the parameters of the model by applying the generalized spline-smoothing approach to measure technical efficiency...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/5149
Aims: The study empirically analyzed consumers’ preference for mobile telecommunication attributes in Nigeria, using conjoint analysis. Study Design: Survey design, through 200 dedicated mobile phone users, were conveniently sampled in Yaba and Akoka environs of Lagos State for t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3427
This paper empirically analyzes the impact of China’s monetary policy on stock price in different economic backgrounds by constructing the SVAR (Structural Vector Auto Regression) based on the standard VAR (Vector Auto Regression). The results show that: (i) In different economic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4527
Entrepreneurship becomes more important nowadays in the strategic management process, in particular, in the company’s ability to increase profitability over time. From the view of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs notice opportunities from where they act and create new hierarchies...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4585
This study analyzed credit worthiness and loan repayment performance of cassava and yam farmers in cross river state. Specifically, the study assessed credit worthiness of borrowers, identified factors that discriminate between credit worthy and non credit worthy farmers and anal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/5006
Although, a vast amount of literature has emerged on determinants of FDI across the globe, yet research in a Saudi Arabian context remains limited. This study is an attempt to fill this gap where determinants of resource-seeking FDI are analyzed over a period of 30 years. The stu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3739
Travel constraints in contemporary Nigeria have affected all sectors of the economy. This trend had impacted on small traders in terms of higher cost of doing business, and individual travel behavior over time. Insecurity and travel time constraints had affected the growth of the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4650
Introduction: Research works haven’t yet shed much light on the performance of the location choice of multinational companies. The aim of this publication is to highlight the link between the transfer of knowledge flows and the location of a multinational company. Methodology: We...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4268
This paper investigates empirically the long-run relationship and short-run dynamic linkages between financial development and economic growth in Sudan during the period 1970- 2011. The study employs the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to co-integration. The analys...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3387
Aims: The aim of this article is to come to the conclusion whether Porter’s five forces model can be adjusted for the purpose of assessing competitive environment of the tourist destination, in order to attract Tourism Foreign Direct Investments (TFDI), and use it as such as an a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4180
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the three northern regions of Ghana continue to find ways of meeting the aspirations of the poor. One way they try to achieve this goal is by adopting technological innovations. This paper explored technological innovations in a sample of 41 MF...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4951
The challenges that originate from changes in the global trade regime and the relative competitive environment in the global markets are reasons for deep concern for Bangladesh. Because of quota system abolition many of the less efficient suppliers will lose quota rents and marke...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4321
Technology transfer (TT) and foreign direct investment (FDI) have been identified as an important conduit in the promotion of economic development. But many developing nations fear the opening up of their markets to competition and foreign investment. This paper empirically studi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3631
This paper investigates the relationship between electricity consumption and real GDP growth in Nigeria during a period of thirty six years (1970-2005). The paper adopts Vector Auto Regressive (VAR) and Error Correction Model (ECM) to test the causality between real GDP and elect...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4423