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COVID-19 Pandemic and the Performance of Listed Securities: Evidence from the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya

Loice Koskei, Joab Ooko & Rhoda Chumba · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

The Novel Covid-19 disease led to panic that resulted to volatility of stock prices across the securities exchange in the world. This saw foreign investors liquidating their positions for fear of a market crash in Nairobi Securities exchange (NSE). The specific objective of this...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i24894

Current Trends in Business and Management: A Review

Aakash Sirohi, Aditya Kejriwal & Mohammad Kamrul Hossain · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

To survive in the current unstable economic environment, every organization that operates needs to be able to adapt. The pace of change has accelerated substantially in recent years, and businesses and organizations now deal with change on a daily basis. Organizations must adapt...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i24892

Perceptions of Post Graduate Students towards UPI Transactions - A Study

Kanchu Thirupathi & Ravi Akula · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is a technology that powers several bank accounts into a single mobile application, unifying several banking services, smooth fund routing, and merchant payments into one hood. The overall significance of UPI stems from the RBI's and the governmen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i24893

Factors Associated with the Extent of Usage of Accounting Information by the Public Accounts Committee in Tanzania Public Corporations

Asifiwe Enock Kyando, Abdiel Abayo & Gwahula Raphael · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

This study aims to examine expectations on content of accounting information and ability to interpret accounting information as associated factors on the extent of usage of accounting information in Tanzania public corporations. The usage of accounting information by politicians...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i24890

Corporate Mergers, Acquisitions and Value Creation of Firms in Nigeria

Josephine Olohije Abode & Sunday Osaretin Igbinosa · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

This study seeks to scrutinize the effect of corporate mergers, acquisition and value creation of firms in Nigeria and to identify areas of synergy. The study employed secondary data collected from the bank’s annual report. The data collected covered a period of fourteen years, w...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i24891

Foreign Direct Investment and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria: Implication for Sustainable Development

Chinwe Monica Madueke, Chinwe Ann Anisiobi & Joan Nwamaka Ozoh · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

The study examined the impact of Foreign Direct Investment on poverty reduction with implication on Sustainable development in Nigeria using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model technique on times series data collected from 1985 to 2020. Unit root test using Augmented Dick...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i24889

Environmental Disclosure Practices and Sustainable Performance of Quoted Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria

O. A. Ogunode & F. F. Adegbie · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

This paper examined the linkage between environmental disclosure practices and sustainable performance with particular reference to listed manufacturing companies operating in Nigeria. The study utilized the ex-post facto research design for its investigation while a sample of fo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i23886

Analysis of Ramadan Effect on Indonesian Islamic Stock Market: Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) (2016-2020)

Hiro Sejati, Irham Lihan & Ernie Hendrawaty · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

This study aims to determine the effect of Ramadan on the Indonesian Islamic stock market: Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) (2016-2020) which by looking at the difference in return and trading volume activity between Ramadan and non-Ramadan months, this study also aims to determine th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i23887

The Unique Adoption of Inflation Targeting Monetary Policy: Lessons from an Emerging Economy

Raymond Awonatezuaka Achiyaale, Simon Akumbo Eugene Mbilla, Erskine Sangbunu Feruta & Jennifer Ellah Adaletey · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which formal announcement of inflation targeting impacts on inflation and inflation volatility, from an emerging economy’s perspective. Methodology: Annual time series data from 1985 to 2014, which was sourced from t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i23888

Nigerian Monetary Policy (1991-2021): Money Supply Rate and Inflation Rate

U. Offor Paschal, T. Amadi Kevin & F. Ibeaja Uzoma · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

Monetary policy can be so dicey or delicate that it requires great tact from the monetary authority. Contractionary monetary policy, when pushed too far, drags the economy to recession while` extreme expansionary monetary policy sinks the economy to liquidity trap. Central banks...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i23883

The Effect of Public Participation on Performance of Devolved Governance System in Kenya: Case of the Government of the County of Kwale

Juma Chidzangi Gwidi & Peary Kilei · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

Public engagement, openness, and accountability are strongly emphasized in the 2010 Kenyan Constitution and the accompanying legislative framework on devolution as ways to increase the effectiveness, equity, and inclusivity of government and service delivery. The devolution frame...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i23884

Assessment of Loan Portfolio Quality on Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya

Titus Shabaya Muratenyi & Clement O. Olando · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

Deteriorating loan portfolio quality is negatively impacting the financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya. Though, Kenya’s banking sector is well established and plays key part in developing county’s economy, it is facing constraints in terms of absolute growth due to t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i23882

Government Audit Quality: Audit Expectation – Performance Gap

David H. M. Hasibuan, Firdaus Amyar & Nunung Nurul Hidayah · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

This paper seeks to explore the audit expectation and performance gap in the Indonesian government audit. This research utilized a qualitative approach involving three methods of data collection namely interviews, focus group discussions, and document analysis with a total of 32...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i23881

Environmental Expenditure Disclosure, Corporate Social Responsibility and Accounting Information Quality

Endang Mardiati, Devitha Widanti Putri & Erwin Saraswati · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2022

This research examines the impact of environmental expenditure, environmental disclosure, and corporate social responsibility disclosure on the quality of accounting information. The quality of accounting information provided by companies has been highly doubtful in recent years,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2022/v22i23878