Foreign direct investment is sensitive to domestic and external factors. The sensitivity to external factors means changes in global productivity levels (financial sentiments) may produce a substantial impact on foreign direct investment in Nigeria has been one of the key subjects in the extent of literature. The study is aimed at investigating the pull and push factor determinants of foreign direct investment in Nigeria. The study adopted the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach to achieve the long and short-run determinants. The study uses secondary data sets from 1986 to 2018 with the application of EViews 9 output to analyze data. The result shows that foreign direct investment is sensitive to pull (depreciation of exchange rate and interest rate) and push factors (US gross domestic product and US interest rate) in the long and short run. The study concludes that foreign direct investment into Nigeria is due to ‘pull’ factors rather than ‘push’ factors. The implication of the study showed that foreign direct investment flow surges cannot be denied in determining the macroeconomic performance in Nigeria. The choice of foreign direct investment seems to future more in Nigeria’s economy. Understanding of the factors that drive foreign direct investment can inform efforts by government and experts on how best to attract foreign direct investment to Nigeria. The study concluded that the fluctuation in Foreign direct investment is determined by both domestic and global factors. These factors have a different level of volatility on foreign direct investment. Therefore, the study recommends the judicious management of the pull factor determinants to guarantee internal economic especially at this time when the Nigerian economy is facing a continuous fall in global crude oil price.
This study attempts to determine the factors affecting the dividend payout decision of commercial banks in Nepal. The study is based on the secondary balance panel data of 12 commercial banks with 60 observations' for the period of 2013/14 to 2017/18. The dividend payout ratio has taken as dependent variables whereas return on assets, size of bank, market value per share, and inflation rate has been taken independent variables. The results of Pooled OLS model and Random Effects model for panel data analysis has been estimated in this study. The regression result of these models reveals that profitability, size of banks and Inflation rate are negatively related to dividend payout decision of Nepalese commercial banks evidences. It shown that higher the profitability, size of banks and Inflation rate lower would be the dividend payout decisions. However the results show that market value per share has positive relationship with dividend payout decision. This indicates that increase in the level of market value per share leads to increase in the dividend payout decision. The study has concluded that the market value per share is the major determinant of dividend payout decision.
The influence of wage levels, work motivation and work communication on village device performance (Case study in jambu village, bah sumbuh village and maria padang village). After conducting the analysis, it is seen from multiple linear regression testing Y = 1.270 + 0.115X1 + 0.307X2 + 0.314X3, indicating that the role of the Wage Level, Work Motivation and Work Communication variables has a positive effect on the Performance of Village Officials. Then the determinant coefficient test (R2) shows the results of the adjusted R square of 0.364 or 36.4%. This shows that the wage level variable (X1), the work motivation variable (X2) and the work communication variable (X3) can explain that the Village Apparatus Performance variable (Y) is 36.4%. For the t test (partial) the wage level variable (X1) has no effect on the performance of the village apparatus (Y), it is known that tcount (1.511) <ttable (2.01410), as well as the significance value of 0.138> 0.05, it can be concluded that The first hypothesis is rejected, for the t test (Partial) Work Motivation (X2) affects the Village Apparatus Performance (Y), it is known that tcount (3.113)> t table (2.01410), and the significance value is 0.003 <0.05, it can be concluded that the second hypothesis is accepted and for the t test (partial) the Work Communication variable (X3) affects the Village Apparatus Performance (Y), it is known that tcount (2.526)> ttable (2.01410), and the significance value is 0.015 <0.05, it can be concluded the third hypothesis is accepted. Furthermore, for the F test (Simultaneous) Fcount of 9.973 with α = 5%, dk of the numerator: k, dk of the denominator: 48-3-1 (5%; 3 .; 45), the value of Ftable is (3.20). From this description it can be seen that Fcount (9.973)> Ftable (3.20), and a significance value of 0.000 <0.05, it can be concluded that the fourth hypothesis is accepted, meaning that the work motivation variable (X2) and the Work Communication variable (X3) have an effect jointly (simultaneously) on the Village Apparatus Performance (Y).
The study identified the determinants of Intra–ECOWAS regional food trade using and augmented gravity model approach. The study was carried out to identify the key determinants of food trade within the ECOWAS trade bloc, with the aim of providing information that can be used to formulate policy for promoting food trade within the region. The study used secondary data which covered a period of 49 years between 1970 and 2018. The study revealed that the key determinants of food trade between trading countries within the region were reported to include their GDPs, local food productions, local food consumption, their level of openness to trade, their exchange rates, as well as the distance between them. It was recommended that policy reforms in the areas of exchange rate and transportation should be facilitated in all the ECOWAS Member States in order to further promote food trade within the region.
