Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to identify the key determinants of stock market performance in Nigeria. More specifically, it is an attempt to determine the effect of gender diversity in leadership roles on the performance of the stock market in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach –...

Many oil-endowed countries, including Nigeria, have been unable to use their resources to project long-term economic growth, a condition often referred to as a resource curse. Using the ARDL method and country-specific data, this article explores the long-term equilibrium relationship between...

Purpose – Many developing countries embarked on a program of financial liberalization in order to maximize the benefits associated with a free market system. The preponderance of the evidence in the financial economics literature is that market-determined interest rates become volatile...