Presentation of scientific papers is associated with the creation of new scientific journals and the maintenance of established periodicals. This paper discusses and analyzes two challenges to publishing scientific journals in Bulgaria –first, securing a pool of suitable reviewers and second –maintaining good relations wit…[Read more]

Series of Powerpoint slides. Background on the limited time of faculty at “the 99%” of institutions (Francisco and O’Dair) to conduct research and thus the importance of not wasting that labor by choosing inappropriate venues. Overview of types of journal, and suggestions for using reflection prompts, the MLA directory of Periodicals, and a…[Read more]

This study examines export-import misalignment and gross fixed capital formation in Nigeria. Three variables are used and myriad of control variables, spanning the period of 1981-2020. The model was tested with several econometrics and statistical instruments. The results from the findings indicates that, export-import misalignment has a negative…[Read more]

The study examined the effect of lease financing on the performance of quoted consumer goods companies in Nigeria for the period – 2009 to 2018. Specifically, the study assesses the effect of finance or capital lease, leveraged lease and the moderating effect of firm size on lease financing and performance of consumer goods companies. It also…[Read more]

This study focused on the effect of external debt on economic growth in Nigeria. It sought to assess the significance of external debt, and to suggest measures that could enhance its effectiveness and economic growth in Nigeria. To achieve the objective of the research, some macroeconomic indicators in the Nigerian economy, using an ex-post facto…[Read more]

This study focused on diaspora remittances and its effect on economic growth in Nigeria. It sought to assess the signification of diaspora remittances, and to suggest measures that could enhance its effectiveness and economic growth in Nigeria. To achieve the objective of the research, some macroeconomic indicators in the Nigerian economy were…[Read more]

This study focused on the effect of interest rate policy on the growth of the Nigerian economy. It sought to assess the significance of interest rate, and to suggest measures that could enhance economic growth in Nigeria. To achieve the objective of the research, some macroeconomic indicators in the Nigerian economy, using an ex-post facto…[Read more]

This study aimed at evaluating enterprise risk management practice by Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. Evolving from the research were three specific objectives which were reconstructed into research hypotheses. The hypotheses investigated the relationship between objections and
challenges faced by Nigerian banks, government policy, risk and…[Read more]

This study sought to assess the significance of dividend policy and suggest measures that could enhance its effectiveness on firms’ performance in Nigeria. To achieve the objective, some financial and performance indicators were evaluated. The ex-post facto research design was adopted and the data were collated, analyzed and tested using the d…[Read more]

This study examined contributory pension fund assets on economic performance of Nigeria, specifically, to determine the impact of pension fund assets on the real capital market capitalization in Nigeria. The proxies for measuring pension fund assets included ordinary shares, government securities, corporate debt securities, money market…[Read more]

The study empirically examined entrepreneurship orientation, entrepreneurship culture and performance of small and medium-scale enterprises in Calabar Metropolis. The major objective of the paper was to explore how strategic entrepreneurship practices affect the accomplishment
of SMEs goals in Cross River State. The study was anchored on…[Read more]

The study portrayed the impact of Agricultural credit Guarantee scheme fund (ACGSF) on Agricultural Sector Development in Nigeria. Specific objectives were to ascertain the relationship between the ACGSF and the output of the crop sector in Nigeria, to examine the relationship between ACGSF and the output of the livestock sector in Nigeria, and to…[Read more]

This Research Paper purposed to evaluate Collective Investment Scheme in the Nigerian Capital Market, its impact performance of the Capital Market. The study focused on the Weekly performance of 48 Collective Investment Funds operating in Nigerian Capital Market and Secondary data was collected using the data available on Security and Exchange…[Read more]

Occlusion is most commonly presented as an aspect of certain genres: occluded genres. Here, occlusion is proposed as a property of the processes by which genres are taken up. While routine use of genres creates expectations around when the genre’s uptake is commonly occluded, such expected practice can be subverted by deliberate disclosure. O…[Read more]

Variable rate swap is an interest rate swap that has two legs: one fixed rate leg and a variable rate leg. The variable leg involves fixed rate payments for an initial period of time and a floating rate for the rest. The floating rate on that portion is defined as a minimum of two index rates.

The Black-Karasinski model is a short rate model that assumes the short-term interest rates to be log-normally distributed. We implement the one factor Black-Karasinski model as a binomial or trinomial tree.

An arrear quanto constant-maturity-swap (CMS) is a swap that pays coupons in a different currency from the notional and in arrears. The underlying swap rate is computed from a forward starting CMS.

We propose a three-factor tree model that implements the Hull-White and Black-Karasinski models. The new tree model does preserve the martingale property of the stock for sufficiently long terms (with accuracy better that 10-8 for terms of at least 10 years).