Vol 2, Issue 2, 2012

Foreign Direct Investment and the Nigerian Financial Sector Growth
Author(s): Oke, Micheal Ojo
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Sector Growth, Market Capitalization.
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 262-275 | Citation:  3
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Short Term Relationships between European Electricity Markets
Author(s): Rafik Jbir, Lanouar Charfeddine
Keywords: Electricity prices, Europeans countries, VAR model.
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 276-281 | Citation:  2
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A Co-integration Analysis of the Dominican Republic's Aggregate Import Demand Function under a Floating Exchange Rate Regime
Author(s): Santiago Grullon
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 282-289 | Citation:  1
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Fundamental Value and Price Divergence: Evidence from Tehran's Stock Exchange
Author(s): Lida Mahmoudi, Javad Moradi
Keywords: Price Divergence, Fundamental Value, Irrational Behavior, Residual Income Model.
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 290-300 | Citation:  0
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Assessing Determinants of Macroeconomic Policy on Real Convergence and Growth: A Comparative Study of the Eurozone and ASEAN
Author(s): ZaenalMutaqin, Masaru Ichihashi
Keywords: Convergence; ASEAN; Eurozone; Maastricht Criteria.
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 301-324 | Citation:  3
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Debt and Debt Volatility: Effect on Economic Growth in Nigeria
Author(s): James Sunday Kehinde
Keywords: Debt; Debt Volatility; Economic Growth; GARCH
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 325-329 | Citation:  1
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Exploring the Determinant Factors of Bank's Net Earnings
Author(s): Okoli Margaret Nnenna
Keywords: Net earnings, customers deposit, reserves, loan and advances, bad and doubtful debt, ordinary least square regression.
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 330-336 | Citation:  0
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Impact of Heavy Taxation on Israel During Solomonic Era: Implications for Nigerian Tax System
Author(s): Theodore U. Dickson, Appolos N. Nwaobia
Keywords: Multiple Taxation, Solomonic Era, Tax Administration, and Corrupt Bureaucracy
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 337-346 | Citation:  2
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Long-Run and Short-Run Dynamics among the Sectoral Stock Indices: Evidence from Turkey
Author(s): Gulin Vardar, Gokce Tunc, Berna Aydogan
Keywords: Stock market indices, cointegration, Granger-causality, VECM, variance decomposition
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 347-357 | Citation:  0
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Earnings Management, Board Independence And Audit Fees Considering The Firm's Profitability Level
Author(s): Javad Moradi, Hashem Valipour, Zahra Pahlavan
Keywords: Earnings Management, Board Independence, Audit Fees, Discretionary Accruals
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 358-366 | Citation:  4
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Poverty and Sustainable Socio-Economic Development in Africa: The Nigerian Experience
Author(s): Igbokwe-Ibeto Chinyeaka Justine, Akhakpe Ighodalo, Oteh Chukwuemeka Okpo
Keywords: Development, Human Capital, Income, Poverty, Sustainability
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 367-381 | Citation:  1
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The Causal Link between Government Expenditure and Government Revenue in Ghana
Author(s): Richard Doh-Nani, Dadson Awunyo-Vitor
Keywords: Government Revenue, Government Expenditure, Gross Domestic Product, Causality test, Ghana
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 382-388 | Citation:  4
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Return-Volatility Interactions in the Nigerian Stock Market
Author(s): MARGARET N. OKOLI
Keywords: Monetary policy volatility, stock market volatility, GARCH (1, 1), VAR
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 389-399 | Citation:  8
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Verifying the Effects of Risk Variables on Return Volatility of Sector Price Indices in the Nigeria Stock Exchange
Author(s): Okoli, Margaret Nnenna
Keywords: Sector indices, return-volatility, risk variables, GARCH (1, 1)
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 400-406 | Citation:  1
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The Technical Efficiency of Nigerian Banks
Author(s): Frances N. Obafemi
Keywords: Technical Efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis, Financial Liberalization, Bank Consolidation
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 407-420 | Citation:  4
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Factors Affecting the Nominal Exchange Rate of Pakistan: An Econometric Investigation (1982-2008)
Author(s): Naeem Ur Rehman Khattak, Muhammad Tariq, Jangraiz Khan
Keywords: Nominal Exchange Rate, Co integration, Granger Causality test
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 421-428 | Citation:  4
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Exports and Nigerians Economic Growth: A Co-Integration Analysis
Author(s): Udude Celina C, Okulegu Bethran Enyim
Keywords: Exports and Nigerian‟s Economic growtha co-integration analysis,Imports and exchange rate
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Article Type: Research Atricle | Page: 429-444 | Citation:  5
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