This study provides a comparative review of education funding across geopolitical zones in Nigeria and draws a nexus between Nigeria’s budgetary allocation to education and some selected African countries. Education funding in Nigeria has lagged the UNESCO’s advised 15%-20% of the...

Valuing high-tech startups using traditional valuation models has continued to pose valuation challenges to entrepreneurs, investors as well as financial analysts. The complications in valuing startups are heightened by the variations in valuation methodologies and the absence of operational...

Mergers and acquisitions have continued to serve as a primary financing tool undertaken by organizations to achieve corporate objectives. Despite the increased popularity of the mergers and acquisitions phenomenon, determining acceptable metrics for identifying successful mergers and...

The risks that banks face have been exacerbated by the globalization and liberalization of the financial markets. The liberalization of the financial markets has exposed banks to a plethora of risks such as credit risk, liquidity risk, operational risk, counterparty risk, regulatory risk,...

The impact of the U.S - China trade conflict extends beyond both nations' economies to the economies of trade allies and non-trading partners caught in the web of the trade impasse. This paper conducts a sectoral analysis of the trade conflict on the U.S economy using the manufacturing,...

Objective - Tax policies play significant role in the direction of foreign direct investments. We investigate the proposition that tax policies enacted by military and democratic regimes differ on the influence the foreign direct investments.Methodology – Our hypotheses are tested using the...

Objective – Tax policies play significant role in the direction of foreign direct investments. We investigate the proposition that tax policies enacted by military and democratic regimes differ on the influence the foreign direct investments.Methodology/Technique – Our hypotheses are tested...

The impact of the U.S - China trade conflict extends beyond both nations' economies to the economies of trade allies and non-trading partners caught in the web of the trade impasse. This paper conducts a sectorial analysis of the trade conflict on the U.S economy using the manufacturing,...

Global issuance of green bonds has experienced a significant growth. This study provides empirical evidence of the drivers of green bond premiums. We leverage fixed-effects and pooled regression models to examine the effect of policy initiatives by issuers of green bonds on green bond premiums....