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Does Financial Innovation Drive Growth? Empirical Analysis of the Nigerian Case

I. G. Okafor, Ezeaku Hillary Chijindu & Anyalechi Kenneth Chikezie · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

The goal of this study is to examine the effectiveness of financial innovation in driving growth in Nigeria using quarterly data from 2009:Q1-2014:Q4. The Least Squares (Gauss-Newton/Marquardt steps) based on vector autoregressive (VAR) system was used to estimate our system mode...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/30809

Women’s Perspective on Organization and the Alternative Means of Income in Agriculture in Thrace Region Turkey

Gülen Özdemir, Gökhan Unakitan, Emine Yilmaz, Funda Er Ülker & Gülşen Keskin · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

This study was conducted in Thrace Region, which is a significant agricultural area in Turkey. The alternative means of income were determined and 477 women, consisting of 94 self-employed women and 383 women working together with their families, were surveyed and their perspecti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/30171

Prospects for Worlds & Ukraine’s Information Economy in Creating and Improving Supercomputers Based of NBIC-Technologies

Igor Matyushenko, Olga Bilovska, Iuliia Makhanova & Volodimir Vovk · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

Aims: The aim of the article is to analyze the modern prospects of creating supercomputers for information economy in the World and improving supercomputers of SCIT family in Ukraine basing on NBIC-technologies. Study Design: The reviews were carried out in the period 2009–14 on...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/30613

Monetary Policy Shocks and Industrial Output in Nigeria

Eko Eko Omini, Ehigocho Peace Ogbeba & Okoiarikpo B. Okoi · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

This study investigated the impact of monetary policy shocks on industrial output in Nigeria using restricted VAR (VECM) model and Granger causality test for the period 1970 to 2015. In doing this, data on the manufacturing and solid minerals subsectors was used for the analysis....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/30459

The Enigma of the Income Tax

M. M. Khoshyaran · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

The objective of this paper is to propose an alternative formulation of income tax that is based on simultaneous utility maximization of both the taxpayer and the government. This method is different from both the fixed income tax method which applies a fixed rate irrespective of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/30686

The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth of Developing Countries: The Case of Zambia

Juliet Libanda, Daka Marshall & Linda Nyasa · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

Generally speaking, Foreign Direct Investment is undeniably necessary in almost all economies and can add to a country’s GDP when it is injected into an economy with a deeper view of the current economic situation as well as the assessment of appropriate variables of the economy...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/30175

Dynamics of Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness of Textile and Apparel Industry: An Empirical Analysis for China and Bangladesh

Md. Ekram Hossain, Huang Dechun, Changzheng Zhang & Vu Thi Van · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

Aims: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the level of comparative advantage and competitiveness of Textile and Apparel (T&A) industry of Bangladesh and China in the global market. It also tries to link the competitiveness analysis with the trade theories of comparative a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/30840

An Evaluation of Domestic Gas Utilization on the Nigerian Economy

R. U. Onolemhemhen, T. J. Laniran, S. O. Isehunwa & A. Adenikinju · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

Natural gas has continued to experience high patronage over the years, largely due to its efficiency as an energy source. Economic growth literature posits that there is a relationship between energy consumption and growth. More recent literature have argued for the efficiency of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/30438

Profitability of Agricultural Enterprises in Ukraine (On the Case of Lviv Region): Assessment of Trends and Interdependencies

Tetjana O. Shmatkovska & Olena V. Stashchuk · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

The main objectives of the study are generalization of the economic essence of the process of profitability formation, discovery of its tendencies and conditions of the agricultural producers in Lviv region. The research was conducted basing on the results of the activity of agri...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/28637

Methodological Principles of Formation of Tariffs for Railway

Revutska Olena, Filatov Volodumur, Litvinenko Andriy & Cherkashyna Tetiana · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

Aim: Aim of this paper is to research the approaches that affect the efficiency of government regulation of tariff for railway transportation industry in both sectors in scientific and methodological way. Study Design: The study uses an Exploratory Design. Place and Duration of S...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/30476

Trends and Prospects for the Convergence of Public-private Partnerships` Financial Potential in Ukrainian Regions

Viktoriia Tyschenko, Iryna Hubarieva & Viktoriia Ostapenko · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

Aims: In Ukraine, the development of partnership between the state and business is at an early stage, especially has not explored the need and PPPs` financial potential for Ukrainian regional development. The possibility of using public-private partnership in the implementation o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/30654

Strategic Agility and Competitive Advantage: Exploration of the Ontological, Epistemological and Theoretical Underpinnings

Matthias O. Nkuda · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

This paper aims and seeks to explore the question of ontological and epistemological foundations of the major constructs in the study – strategic agility and competitive advantage - by reviewing relevant literature on related theories such as: Game, industrial organisation (I/O),...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2017/30979