Economics

Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2015

  • Transmission Mechanism from Money Supply to Inflation in Nigeria

    Mathias A. Chuba

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2015
    Pages: 98-105
    Received: 11 August 2015
    Accepted: 6 September 2015
    Published: 24 September 2015
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    Abstract: This paper seeks to establish the transmission mechanism from money supply to inflation in Nigeria in order to resolve the controversy of whether money supply or interest rate should be a target of monetary policy. In doing this, a recursive vector autoregression (VAR) model is employed using data from first quarter 2000 to fourth quarter 2013. The... Show More
  • Assessment of Banking Performance Using Capital Adequacy in Ethiopia

    Dakito Alemu

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2015
    Pages: 106-111
    Received: 28 July 2015
    Accepted: 12 August 2015
    Published: 3 November 2015
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    Abstract: The data used in this study were collected from financial reports of eight sample banks and National bank of Ethiopia (NBE) for the period of 2000-2013. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the financial performance of banking sector in the Ethiopia and also to see the relation between capital adequacy and bank’s performance. In order to ad... Show More
  • Descriptive Study of 2013 China per Capita Wage in Logistics and Transportation Industry

    Jie Zhu, Ruoling Zhang, Binbin Fu, Renhao Jin

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2015
    Pages: 112-117
    Received: 31 October 2015
    Accepted: 9 November 2015
    Published: 19 November 2015
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    Abstract: This paper does a descriptive study on 2013 area level per capita wage in logistics and transportation industry data in China. The per capita wage value is found to have increased over 11 years with annual increasing rate 13.9%. However, China per capita value is still less than western countries. The spatial autocorrelations are found in the area ... Show More
  • Emerging Relationships Between Macroeconomic Indicators and Real Economic Activities in Ghanaian Economy

    Nana Kena Frempong, Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi, Akoto Yaw Omari-Sasu, Derrick Asamoah Owusu

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2015
    Pages: 118-124
    Received: 9 November 2015
    Accepted: 19 November 2015
    Published: 10 December 2015
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    Abstract: The aim of this study is to empirically estimate the sensitivity of inflation and interest rate together with some key macroeconomic variables on real economic activity index. Secondly, to investigate the direction of causality between inflation and interest rate, interest rate and real economic activity index, as well as between inflation and real... Show More
  • Testing Causality and Cointegration Between Saving and Investment in Bangladesh

    Zubaidur Rahman, Md. Elias Hossain

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2015
    Pages: 125-131
    Received: 13 August 2015
    Accepted: 24 September 2015
    Published: 18 December 2015
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    Abstract: Interaction between saving and investment has been a major concern to the economists and there exists substantial debate over the nature of long run relationship between them. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to examine the dynamic linkages between saving and investment in Bangladesh using annual time series data covering the period from 1... Show More
  • Origin and Evolution of the Handloom Industry of Fulia and Its Present Scenario, Nadia District, West Bengal, India

    Nilay Kumar Basak, Pintu Paul

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2015
    Pages: 132-138
    Received: 21 November 2015
    Accepted: 3 December 2015
    Published: 4 January 2016
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    Abstract: This present paper is concerned with the origin and evolution of the handloom industry of Fulia with its present status and also indicates the problems facing by this industry. To prepare this paper, different types of literature have been studied and field survey has also been done. After studying and processing those data, it can be known that th... Show More