African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-79955003761	Business re-engineering and organisational performance in Nigeria: A case study of First Bank Nig...	Aregbeyen O.	2011	International Business Management	5	3	10.3923/ibm.2011.151.158	Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria	Aregbeyen, O., Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria	Using paired data samples between 1986 and 2008, this study evaluates the impact of the re-engine...	Bank; Growth; Nigeria; Performance; Profitability; Re-engineering	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883766667	The effects of internal and external mechanism on governance and performance of corporate firms i...	Adetunji Babatunde M., Olaniran O.	2009	Corporate Ownership and Control	7	2 D	None	Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Banking and Finance...	Adetunji Babatunde, M., Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Olaniran,...	There is a renewed interest on the need to strengthen mechanisms to ensure that managers and dire...	Corporate governance; Firms; Nigeria; Panel data	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77958100850	Impact of trade reform on Nigeria's trade flows	Adewuyi A.O., Akpokodje G.	2010	International Trade Journal	24	4	10.1080/08853908.2010.513642	Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria; Economic Development D...	Adewuyi, A.O., Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria; Akpokod...	This study examines the impact of trade liberalization on Nigeria's trade flow. It covers the per...	Exports; Imports; Nigeria; Trade flows; Trade liberalization	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84878252333	Corporate governance and performance of Nigerian listed firms: Further evidence	Adewuyi A.O., Olowookere A.E.	2008	Corporate Ownership and Control	6	2 D CONT. 3	None	Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria	Adewuyi, A.O., Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Olowookere, A.E., Departme...	This work, in an agency framework, adds to the few literatures on Nigeria by examining the impact...	Agency problem; Corporate governance; Panel regression; Tobin's q	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84861685357	Recent French relative export performance: Is there a competitiveness problem?	Kabundi A., Nadal De Simone F.	2012	Economic Modelling	29	4	10.1016/j.econmod.2012.02.017	Department of Economics, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesb...	Kabundi, A., Department of Economics, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 20...	French economic activity is significantly affected by economic activity in the rest of the world....	Competitiveness; Dynamic factor models; Productivity	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84897449492	Oil price shocks and macroeconomic performance in Nigeria [Shock de precios del petróleo y el des...	Akinleye S.O., Ekpo S.	2013	Economia Mexicana, Nueva Epoca	22	4	None	Department of Economics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria	Akinleye, S.O., Department of Economics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria; Ekpo, S., Departmen...	This paper examines the macroeconomic implications of symmetric and asymmetric oil price and oil ...	Macroeconomic performance; Oil price shocks; Oil revenue; VAR	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84863851117	The impact of socio-economic family background and body weight on students' academic achievements...	Ozughalu U.M.	2012	European Journal of Social Sciences	31	3	None	Department of Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria	Ozughalu, U.M., Department of Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria	Nigeria frequently experiences poor students' academic achievements in mathematics at various lev...	Academic achievements; Body weight; Mathematics; Nigerian University; Socio-economic family backg...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84922987630	Bank savings and bank credits in Nigeria: Determinants and impact on economic growth	Anthony O.	2012	International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues	2	3	None	Department of Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria	Anthony, O., Department of Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria	This study investigated the determinants of bank savings in Nigeria as well as examined the impac...	Bank; Credit; Economic growth; Financial sector; Saving	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84942134942	Beer, wood, and welfare - The impact of improved stove use among dolo-beer breweries	Grimm M., Peters J.	2015	PLoS ONE	10	8	10.1371/journal.pone.0132603	Department of Economics, University of Passau, Passau, Germany; International Institute of Social...	Grimm, M., Department of Economics, University of Passau, Passau, Germany, International Institut...	Local beer breweries in Burkina Faso absorb a considerable amount of urban woodfuel demand. We as...	None	fuel; adult; air pollution; Article; beer; beer brewery; biomass production; brewing; commercial ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84936747271	The impact of fiscal policy on inflation in Nigeria	Otto G., Ukpere W.I.	2015	Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets and Institutions	5	1CONT1	None	Department of Economics, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria; Department of Industrial Psycholog...	Otto, G., Department of Economics, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria; Ukpere, W.I., Department...	Inflation is a major problem in Nigeria. To stabilize the economy, policy makers have often used ...	Fiscal policy; Government revenue; Government spending; Inflation	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84889660814	Impact of noise on credit risk prediction: Does data quality really matter?	Twala B.	2013	Intelligent Data Analysis	17	6	10.3233/IDA-130623	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, P O Box ...	Twala, B., Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesbur...	Machine learning has been successfully used for credit-evaluation decisions. Most research on mac...	Classifiers; Credit risk; Machine learning; Noisy data; Predictive accuracy	Attribute noise; Credit risks; Financial credits; Impact of noise; Machine learning techniques; N...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84881553846	The long-run impact of inflation in South Africa	Amusa K., Gupta R., Karolia S., Simo-Kengne B.D.	2013	Journal of Policy Modeling	35	5	10.1016/j.jpolmod.2011.05.001	Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa	Amusa, K., Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; Gupta, R...	This paper evaluates the hypothesis of long-run super-neutrality of money (LRSN) within the conte...	Money superneutrality; Structural vector autoregression	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79957820847	Predicting the economic impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on South Africa	Bohlmann H.R., van Heerden J.H.	2008	International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing	3	4	10.1504/IJSMM.2008.017214	Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa	Bohlmann, H.R., Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; van...	The impact of the sporting industry on economic decision making has increased dramatically since ...	CGE; Computable General Equilibrium; mega-events	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-68649105728	The impact of water scarcity on economic development initiatives	Blignaut J., Van Heerden J.	2009	Water SA	35	4	None	Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa	Blignaut, J., Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; Van H...	South Africa's unallocated water resources have dwindled to precariously low levels. Furthermore,...	AsgiSA; Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model; Economic development; Water demand; Water rat...	Alien plants; AsgiSA; Available water; Business-as-usual; Comparative statics; Computable General...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84901460102	The impact of trade facilitation factors on South Africa's exports to a selection of African coun...	Jordaan A.C.	2014	Development Southern Africa	31	4	10.1080/0376835X.2014.907535	Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa	Jordaan, A.C., Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa	Economic growth can be enhanced through increased trade among countries, provided the correct ins...	exports; gravity model; regional integration; trade facilitation	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-48549089388	Evaluating the impact of land redistribution: A CGE microsimulation application to Zimbabwe	Chitiga M., Mabugu R.	2008	Journal of African Economies	17	4	10.1093/jae/ejm039	Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; Financial and Fisca...	Chitiga, M., Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; Mabugu...	Zimbabwe has recently gone through a widely criticised land reform process. The country has suffe...	None	computable general equilibrium analysis; computer simulation; economic impact; fiscal reform; inc...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84942104082	The Impact of Exchange Rate Uncertainty on Exports in South Africa	Aye G.C., Gupta R., Moyo P.S., Pillay N.	2015	Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy	6	1	10.1142/S1793993315500040	Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa	Aye, G.C., Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Gupta, R., De...	This paper examines the impact of real effective exchange rate uncertainty (REER) on aggregate ex...	bivariate GARCH-in-Mean VAR; Exchange rate uncertainty; exports; real effective exchange rate	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84938520071	Do Stock Prices Impact Consumption and Interest Rate in South Africa? Evidence from a Time-varyin...	Aye G.C., Gupta R., Modise M.P.	2015	Journal of Emerging Market Finance	14	2	10.1177/0972652715584267	Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa	Aye, G.C., Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Gupta, R., De...	This article investigates the existence of spillovers from stock prices onto consumption and the ...	Bayesian inference; consumption; Markov chain Monte Carlo; monetary policy; stochastic volatility...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84887997814	The Impact of House Prices on Consumption in South Africa: Evidence from Provincial-Level Panel VARs	Simo-Kengne B.D., Gupta R., Bittencourt M.	2013	Housing Studies	28	8	10.1080/02673037.2013.804492	Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa	Simo-Kengne, B.D., Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Gupta...	This paper provides an empirical analysis of the role of house prices in determining the dynamic ...	consumption; House prices; panel vector autoregressions	consumption behavior; housing market; price dynamics; pricing policy; vector autoregression; Sout...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-43149116601	Integrated water and economic modelling of the impacts of water market instruments on the South A...	van Heerden J.H., Blignaut J., Horridge M.	2008	Ecological Economics	66	1	10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.11.011	Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Centre of Policy Studies...	van Heerden, J.H., Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Blign...	A static computable general equilibrium model of South Africa is adapted to compare new taxes on ...	C68; Computable general equilibrium modelling; Market-based instruments; Q25; Q43; Social Account...	comparative study; crop production; forestry; Gross Domestic Product; irrigation system; numerica...	None	View

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