ABSTRACT The need to capture stock market and foreign exchange market nexus in Nigeria is underscored by the rapidly expanding financial markets integration due to trade and financial liberalization policies which seem to have enhanced the inflow of capital as well as accelerated investment/business interactions. Theoretically, the relationship... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  This study examines the causal relationship between exchange rate and stock prices in Nigeria using quarterly data for the period of 1990-Q1 to 2009-Q4. The ADF and PP tests suggest that the series are random work processes in their level form. Pair-wise Granger Causality was tested within multivariate co-integration and vector error... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Studies from other countries in both developing and developed countries economies have shown that there exists a relationship between the dividend policy that firms adopt and share prices. In Kenya, most of the firms listed in the stock exchange pay dividends semi annually . There is no legal requirements for the firms to adopt a specific... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study is motivated by a desire to examine the auditor independence and firm performance. In light of the empirical review and other discussions, a number of questions arose as to whether there is a significant relationship between auditor independence and... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION According to Ndikom (2006), The Word freight rate connotes the reward usually payable to the carrier for the carriage and arrival of the goods in a mercantile condition ready to be delivered to the merchant. Maritime z shipping services are usually priced conjunction with land mode of transport... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT In this study, we set out to investigate in an empirical pattern, the effect of inflation on stock prices in Nigeria. The efficiency of a stock market, among other things, depends on its ability to process external information and not allow it to distort market prices. In order to obtain the dynamic... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  The main objective of the study is to examine the impact of real exchange rate and inflation on private investments in Uganda. The two objectives were to determine the effect of real exchange rate on private investment; to determine the effect of inflation rate on private investment. The study used Real exchange rate, Inflation rate,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The remote cause of the problem that necessitated this study in perhaps, the chronic balance of payment deficit which the country has been experiencing since independent. An attempt to solve the problem through the use of exchange control measure ha not... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The remote cause of the problem that necessitated this study in perhaps, the chronic balance of payment deficit which the country has been experiencing since independent.  An attempt to solve the problem through the use of exchange control measure ha not been quite successful rather, it has succeeded in bringing about on over valued... Continue Reading

Real Exchange Rate And Non Oil Export In Nigeria CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1                                     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Since exportation has a special share in the economic growth of many advanced and developing countries; as far as making those countries as the strongest countries, the... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Nigeria is a mono-product economy, where the main export commodity is crude oil, changes in oil prices has implications for the Nigerian economy and, in particular, exchange rate movements. The latter is mostly important due to the double dilemma of being an oil exporting and oil-importing country, a situation that emerged in the last... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to describe and investigate the monetary policy and exchange rate in Nigeria and effect on economy over the period 1990-2010, using Econometrics technique. The researcher used Regression Analysis to analyze the data with the help of social science statistical package SPSS. Two models were used by the... Continue Reading

This research thesis pursued to find examine the factors influencing the s hare prices of Capricorn Group, a company listed on the Namibian Stock Exchange. The independent variables were dividend yield, return on Assets, asset growth and earnings per share. The population was 1 company listed on the Namibian Stock Exchange namely: Capricorn group.... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Foreign exchange is the means of payment for international transaction. It is made up of convertible currencies that are generally accepted for the settlement of international trade and other external obligation. Just like every other commodity, a market is established which works more like... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This paper empirically investigates the impact of exchange rate on the Nigeria External sector (the balance of payments position) using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method of estimation for data covering the period between 1970 and 2008. We found that exchange rate has a significant impact on the balance of payments position. The... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0    INTRODUCTION The role of exchange rate and its effects on macroeconomic performance has continued to generate interest among economists. Many economists argue that exchange rate stability facilitates production activities and economic growth. They are also of the view that misalignment in real exchange rate could distort... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another currency.Exchange rate s This exchange rate is also used to determine the level of output growth of the country. Over the years, Nigeria has adopted various exchange rate regime ranging research work is centered on the... Continue Reading

E x c h a n g e   r a t e  i s   t h e  p r i ce   o f   o n e   c u r r e n cy i n   t er m s   o f   a n ot h er   c u rr e n c y . E x c h a n g e ra t es   this   e x c h a n g e   ra t e   i s   a ls o   u s ed to   d e t er m in e   t h e  l e v e l  o f   o u tp u t   g r o w t h of   th e c o u n t r y .   O v er... Continue Reading

THE EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS ON THE NIGERIA ECONOMY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Foreign exchange is the means of payment for international transaction. It is made up of convertible currencies that are generally accepted for the settlement of international trade and other external obligation. Just like every... Continue Reading

CHAPETR ONE INTRODUCTION  1.1        Background of the study 1.2        Statement of problem 1.3        Objective of the study 1.4        Research Hypotheses 1.5        Significance of the study 1.6        Scope and limitation of the study 1.7       Definition of terms 1.8      ... Continue Reading