...Friday Kennedy Ozo; Thankom Gopinath Arun; Philip Kostov; Godfrey Chidozie Uzonwanne Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an additional insight into the dividend puzzle by investigating the field practice of dividend policy in an emerging market such as Nigeria. It also aims...

... announcements. Originality/value This paper adds to the very limited academic research on the stock market reaction to stock dividend announcements in Nigeria. Kevin Campbell can be contacted at Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK. © Emerald Group Publishing...

... become volatile subsequent to financial liberalization. This paper aims to examine the liberalization program in Nigeria with a view to finding out whether the level of banking competition is increased after financial liberalization. Design/methodology/approach The test of banking competition...

...Richard O. Omotoye; Hari P. Sharma; Christopher Ngassam; Maxwell Eseonu Purpose The paper sets out to focus the attention of scholars and policy‐makers on the urgency of Nigeria's worsening debt crisis, with a view to suggesting initiatives which can be instrumental in preventing a further...

...O. Felix Ayadi; Arinola O. Adebayo; Eddy Omolehinwa Outlines previous research on measuring the performance of banks and the factors leading up to the banking crisis in Nigeria in the 1990s. Applies data envelopment analysis to 1991‐1994 data on ten listed Nigerian banks to assess their relative...

...O. Felix Ayadi; Uric B. Dufrene; Amitava Chatterjee Surveys African stock markets to find out if they are as efficient as developed markets, and follow the same “turn‐of‐the‐year” pattern as other markets. Compares Ghana, Zimbabwe and Nigeria, and focuses on the period between 1985 and 1995...