Aims: Aims of the study were to describe socio-economic characteristics of cocoyam farmers, determine the technical efficiency of cocoyam producers and identify socio-economic factors influencing technical efficiency of cocoyam producers in Kaduna state. Study Design: Primary dat...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/9964
Whether there is a relationship between price stability and sustainable growth has always been a matter of debate. Thus, a potential relation between the provision of price stability and sustainable growth will direct monetary and financial policies in reaching the economic targe...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/30169
This paper aims to investigate the adequacy of risk premium approach for developing power exchanges in Central and Eastern Europe, namely Power Exchange Central Europe and Polish Power Exchange. For the purposes of the research, we use data for base load and peak load month futur...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/14448
It is a general believe that science is based on facts and figures. The observations of individuals about the construction of world and its particles are put into experiments and when proved, are treated as science. On the other hand, there is a field of social science which has...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/36121
Criteria for audit exemption for small firms has varied greatly from country to country. Turnover-based criteria are now being combined with other parameters such as balance sheet total and number of employees in countries where mandatory audits are the norm. While some progress...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/44522
This paper briefly reviews Ukraine's industrialisation followed by a deindustrialisation in the post-USSR period. I construct an example called the ‘Donbas game' to illustrate the use of game theory for analysing deteriorated relations between Ukraine and Russia. Intuitively, the...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/44643
In order to do all these commercial activities in an effective and efficient way, using the online social media platform is a suitable choice. This research studies that perceived risk, perceived usefulness, trust, and electronic word-of-mouth are the four predictors of consumer...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/44080
This paper investigates the relationships between the innovation types, knowledge sharing and firm’s marketing performance of small and medium enterprise (SME) in an emerging economy- Ghana. In particular, it measures the mediating role of knowledge sharing within the relationshi...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/44223
Profound changes have occurred in the gold jewellery market which has experienced a secular decline in demand over the last twenty years. Despite the apparent growth in gold jewellery demand in India and China in the previous two decades, there has been a more than a compensatory...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/41919
This paper constructs an evaluation system for science and technology efficiency of industrial enterprises based on existing research achievements, and implements a comparative analysis on the innovation efficiency of large and medium-sized industrial enterprises by data envelopm...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/44053
Nigerian deposit money banks are facing diverse challenges to remain profitable through the traditional interest income stream. The study examined the effect of non-interest income on the profitability of deposit money banks' in Nigeria between 2006...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/44287
Gross National Happiness (GNH) is Bhutan’s development philosophy emphasising the happiness of people instead of seeking economic prosperity alone. Researchers have studied GNH in relation to different fields such as health, education, etc. However, as studies on the impact of a...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/43992
Despite a high productive potential for many best bet agricultural technologies, there is a low rate of adoption from farmers. Recommendations of improved technologies such as fertilizer use based on agronomic data without economic analysis contributes to this low adoption rate....
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/44157
This paper uses two-stage game theory to analyze the relationship between tax evaders and government regarding air pollution emissions. The production function of a firm in a perfectly competitive market was first considered. Then, the backward induction method and the Cramer rul...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/43730
The objective of the paper is to present a transparent and easy to use method of computing Internal rate of return (IRR). The methodology is based on a thought experiment involving three datapoints, one which represents a test IRR that is greater than the solution, one with a tes...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2018/43914