International Journal of Emerging Markets: Volume 14 Issue 2

Analysis of capital formation and foreign aid nexus in Nigeria

Anthony Orji, Jonathan E. Ogbuabor, Onyinye Imelda Anthony-Orji, Chibudem O. Mbonu

The issue of foreign aid has continued to gain renewed economic cum political attention in the early years of the twenty-first century. At a summit, popularly known as the…

Factors hindering economic development: evidence from the MENA countries

Ali Awdeh, Hassan Hamadi

Despite the possession of considerable natural, financial and human resources, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region suffers low economic growth rates, high unemployment…

Estimating the size of the black economy: new evidence from India

Chandan Sharma

The issue of black economy has long been debated in India and it has been one of the key targets of policy action from last four decades. The debate is further fueled by…

Macroeconomic determinants of stock market development in South Africa

Sin-Yu Ho

The purpose of this paper is to examine the macroeconomic determinants of stock market development in South Africa during the period 1975–2015. Specifically, it examines the…

Association between the availability of financial resources and working capital management with stock surplus returns in Iran

Mahdi Salehi, Nadia Mahdavi, Saeed Zarif Agahi Dari, Hossein Tarighi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between access to financial resources, working capital with surplus stock returns and value of the company in Iran.

Efficiency evaluation of Indian oil and gas sector: data envelopment analysis

Vikas Vikas, Rohit Bansal

Data envelopment analysis (DEA), a non-parametric technique is used to assess the efficiency of decision-making units which are producing identical set of outputs using identical…