Purpose: The implications of trade on developing economies have generated substantial debates with most studies focussed on “openness in the policy”. Hence, the purpose of this study is to focus on “openness in practice”. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses two models and...

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to sought to know the implication of COVID-19 lockdown for food security in Nigeria Design/methodology/approach: The study examined implication of COVID-19 lockdown for food security. The cross sectional survey research design was employed. Information was...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the proportion of the population that will be susceptible to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the proportions of infections, recoveries and fatalities from the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: The design was a longitudinal...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the nature of the inequalities in the usage of the internet and inequalities in the growth rate in the usage of the internet, and thus ascertain the possibility of convergence of the digital divide between the major regions of the world....

This study examines the impact of the interactions between fiscal and monetary policies on stock market behaviour (ASI) and the impact of the volatility of these interactions on the Nigerian stock market. The study analysed monthly data using the ARDL and EGARCH models. The results show the...

In this study, biogas was produced from the anaerobic digestion of Sorghum bicolor stalk. Pretreatment of the biomass was carried out prior to the digestion using sulfuric acid ( H2SO4) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The physicochemical, elemental and structural analyses were carried out on the...

The study examined stock prices (SP) and exchange rate (ER) interactions with multivariate VAR-GARCH model using monthly data from January 2000 to October 2014. The results of the Engle and Granger and Johansen cointegration test show that there is stable long-term relationship between SP and...

This paper examined the impact of Microfinance Institutions’ policies on the growth and development of Small Scale Business in Nigeria for the period 2005 to 2012. Nine (9) Microfinance Institutions and one hundred and fifty five (155) of their clients were interviewed. Records from the period...

The core of portfolio selection theory centers on striking a balance between risk-return trade-off of a given investment layout so as to maximize benefits. Literature reveals that portfolio selection or asset allocation problems often involve the use of mathematical programming in propounding...

Using data sourced from Nigerian commercial banks between the periods 2007 to 2012; this study examined the factor that magnifies the value of a firm. We used OLS technique and White-HAC heteroskedastcity test to infer the relationship between capital structure and the value of a firm in Nigeria. It...