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Testing the Validity of McKinnon-Shaw Hypothesis: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria

Audu Peter & Oluwoyo Johnson Temidayo · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Ronald McKinnon [1] and Edward Shaw [2] explicate the notion of financial repression noting that Financial liberalization is meant to foster economic growth through increase in savings via an increase in real deposit rate and increase in private investment in high priority sector...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/30725

On the Gradient-Hamiltonian Systems to the Derivation of Economic Multivariate Total Functions

John Awuah Addor, Kwadwo Ankomah & Emmanuel Benson · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

This paper highlights an application of Gradient or Hamiltonian (Grad-Ham) Systems in deriving multivariate total functions. The objective is to establish a relationship between Gradient or Hamiltonian systems and economic-oriented multivariate marginal functions, and demonstrate...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/31999

An Exploratory Evaluation of Dominant Individual on Budget Process in Nigeria: A Content Analysis Perspective

Sani Usman Gurowa, Usman Muhammad Abdulwahab, Osifo Imuetiyan & Ali Jude Igyo · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

This study evaluates the consequences of dominant individuals on budget preparation in Nigeria; the main objective was to suggest ways of getting out the jinx of continual and repeated adverse budget preparation in Nigeria. The methodology used in the study is content analysis me...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/30531

Profit Efficiency of Broiler Production among Public Servant Household Heads in Kwara State, Nigeria: A Coping Strategy

Y. U. Oladimeji, Z. Abdulsalam, A. M. Ajao, S. Abdulrahman & R. O. Abdulazeez · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

The aims of the study were to describe socio-economic characteristics of urban and peri-urban broiler farmers, profitability of broiler production and determine its profit efficiency in Kwara State, Nigeria. Both primary and secondary data were collected from 120 respondents sele...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/31314

Holistic Analysis of the Financing Gap between Financial Institutions and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Business-projects

Asare Joseph · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

It is an indisputable fact that Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are the engine for the growth of every economy; particularly the Ghanaian economy which is SME dominated. Unfortunately, the SME sector in Ghana is constraint by many factors such as lack of external financ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/31454

Alternatives for Financing Waste Management: Implications for Ghana’s Growing Electronic and Electrical Equipment Waste

Daniel Agyapong · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

The waste of electrical and electronic equipment pose an environmental and human health challenge for some developing countries, including Ghana. Despite such challenges, it contributes to job creation and income generation if properly collected and processed. This type of waste...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/31409

Financial Innovation and Efficiency on the Banking Sub-sector: The Case of Deposit Money Banks and Selected Instruments of Electronic Banking (2006 - 2014)

Ibenta Steve Nkem & Anyanwu Felicia Akujinma · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

This study evaluates the relationship between financial innovation and bank efficiency as well as the impact of financial innovation on efficiency ratio of deposit money banks in Nigeria from 2006 to 2014. The secondary data covering the period of the study were sourced from the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/29981

Do Integrated Traceability Methods Cause Conflict of Interest in the Farm-raised Atlantic salmon Industry?

Morteza Haghiri · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Farm-raised Atlantic salmon is the most important finfish species produced by the Canadian aquaculture industry, which has been facing drastic reduction in its demand since the food incidence of polychlorinated biphenyls occurred. Different policies at various stages of productio...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/30800

Stochastic Dominance, Dynamic Programming and Bayes Filtering: Applications in NPV and NPVaR

Reza Habibi · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Applications of three computational methods in the evaluation of NPV and NPV at risk (NPVaR) of a project are studied. These methods are stochastic dominance, dynamic programming and Bayes filtering. First, the definition of NPVaR is related to the stochastic dominance as a maxim...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/29173

A Transaction Cost Economics Analysis of Corruption: Survey Evidence from Public Healthcare Services in Vietnam

Phuc-Hai Nguyen & Xuan-Nam Pham · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2016

This study aims to investigate the internal stability of corrupt transaction. By employing survey data of 274 public healthcare service users, through the lens of transaction cost economics, we revealed that social capital can play role of safeguard for a corrupt transaction. Mor...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2016/30658

Decision to Use Electronic Banking by Bank Customers in a Rural Economy

Nsikak-Abasi A. Etim & Glory E. Edet · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2016

An empirical study of bank customers decision to adopt electronic banking was investigated using cross sectional data set. Using the multi-stage sampling procedure, a total of 120 customers were selected. With the aid of questionnaire, primary data were obtained for a period of 3...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2016/29449

Effect of Person-Related Factors on the Recognition of Contingent Liability in Nigerian Listed Companies

Musa Garba Gulani, Ahmed Modu Kumshe & Ahmad Imam · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2016

International Accounting Standard (IAS) 37 requires Accountants to assign a percentage probability to the expression ‘probable’ when recognizing contingent liability in Financial Statements. A probability of 50% and above qualifies the contingent liability to be recognized; while...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2016/28778

Economic Growth in Ghana: An Empirical Investigation

Siaw Anthony, Yuansheng Jiang & Nyamah Edmond Yeboah · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2016

Factors influencing economic growth are relevant to both developed and developing nations. To our knowledge, current literature on the factors influencing Ghana’s economic growth is limited. Therefore, to bridge this gap, this study examines the effect of foreign aid, foreign dir...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2016/29556