One of the duties of government is to ensure the welfare of her citizens. This is also reflected in Nigerian constitution in Section 14(b) of the 1999 constitution which states that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government. One way through which attempt...

The paper investigates the extent to which stocks of commercial banks listed on Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) are positioned on the selected profitability performance indices over the period 2000-2010. The profitability performance was determined using return on assets, return on equity, earnings...

This paper addresses a very important topic in corporate finance that is not well treated in many developing stock markets with particular reference to Nigeria. Beta is a major component of the capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) used in the determination of the required rate of return on equity...

In this study, we investigate the effect of official development assistance and income per capita on health outcomes in developing countries. Health outcome is proxied by life expectancy and under-5-mortality rate. We accounted for the endogeneity problem in the model by employing a dynamic...