Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences: Volume 40 Issue 2

Dynamic inference of healthcare expenditure on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: a dynamic heterogenous panel data analysis

Idris Abdullahi Abdulqadir, Bello Malam Sa'idu, Ibrahim Muhammad Adam, Fatima Binta Haruna, Mustapha Adamu Zubairu, Maimunatu Aboki

This article investigates the dynamic implication of healthcare expenditure on economic growth in the selected ten Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000–2018.

Merton-type default risk and financial performance: the dynamic panel moderation of firm size

Muhammad Mushafiq, Syed Ahmad Sami, Muhammad Khalid Sohail, Muzammal Ilyas Sindhu

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the probability of default and examine the relationship between default risk and financial performance, with dynamic panel moderation…

MFS usage intention during COVID-19 and beyond: an integration of health belief and expectation confirmation model

Farjana Nur Saima, Md. H. Asibur Rahman, Ratan Ghosh

The usage rate of mobile financial services (MFS) has shown an uptick since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. This study aims to reveal the underpinning…

Agency issues in franchising electricity distribution companies: inter-organizational and multi-level study

Mrigakshi Das

Management of power distribution companies (discoms) in India has been historically criticized on the ground of inefficient management. Inefficiency in operations triggered…

Impact of cryptos on the inflation volatility in India: an application of bivariate BEKK-GARCH models

Shailesh Rastogi, Jagjeevan Kanoujiya

The main aim of the study is to explore the volatility spillover effect of cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin) on inflation volatility in India.

Impact of financial development on bank profitability

Peterson K. Ozili, Honour Ndah

This paper investigates the effect of financial development on bank profitability. The authors examine whether financial development is an important determinant of bank…

Inclusive organization: inclusion by reducing female managers' vulnerabilities through social media

Muhammad Irfan, Omar Khalid Bhatti, Ali Osman Ozturk

Female managers have numerous vulnerabilities related to their reputation and career progression in addition to social, sexual and discriminatory vulnerabilities. In…

A validity of environmental Kuznets curve under the role of urbanization, financial development index and foreign direct investment in Pakistan

Abdul Farooq, Ahsan Anwar, Muhammad Ahad, Ghulam Shabbir, Zulfiqar Ali Imran

This research aims to inspect the existence of the “environmental Kuznets curve” (EKC) in the presence of foreign direct investment (FDI), financial development (FD) and…

Modeling the volatility of exchange rate and international trade in Ghana: empirical evidence from GARCH and EGARCH

Abdul-Razak Bawa Yussif, Stephen Taiwo Onifade, Ahmet Ay, Murat Canitez, Festus Victor Bekun

The volatility of exchange rate has generally been sighted as a primary cause for various shocks and instability in international trade of Ghana as witnessed over the years and…

Quality management system in higher education institutions and its impact on students' employability with the mediating effect of industry–academia collaboration

Jawad Abbas, Kalpina Kumari, Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi

Based on the principles of the human capital theory, this study investigates the role of the quality management system (QMS) in higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing…

Stock market development and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (1990–2020): an ARDL approach

Kesuh Jude Thaddeus, Chi Aloysius Ngong, Ugwuanyi Jacinta Nnecka, Njimukala Moses Nubong, Godwin Imo Ibe, Onyejiaku Chinyere C, Josaphat Uchechukwu Joe Onwumere

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the short and long run causal relationship between stock market development and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa within the period…

Volatility spillovers among G7, E7 stock markets and cryptocurrencies

Berna Aydoğan, Gülin Vardar, Caner Taçoğlu

The existence of long memory and persistent volatility characteristics of cryptocurrencies justifies the investigation of return and volatility/shock spillovers between…

Effects of other comprehensive income on audit fees and audit report lag in Egyptian firms: does board gender diversity matter?

Tariq H. Ismail, Karim Mansour, Emad Sayed

This paper aims to (1) investigate the effect of other comprehensive income (OCI) on audit fees (AF) and audit report lag (ARL) and (2) test the moderating effect of board gender…

Governance quality and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: the dynamic panel model

Amsalu Bedemo Beyene

The main objective of this article is to analyze the role of governance quality in influencing the economic growth of 22 selected Sub-Saharan African Countries.

Intention to adopt cryptocurrency: a robust contribution of trust and the theory of planned behavior

Bahadur Ali Soomro, Naimatullah Shah, Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed

At present, the adoption of cryptocurrency investment has brought consideration to the globe. The present paper attempts to investigate the intention to adopt cryptocurrency…

Impact of personality traits on financial planning: an empirical evidence from Pakistan

Jawad Abdul Ghaffar, Muhammad Sualeh Khattak, Tazeem Ali Shah, Mahad Jehangir

This study examines the role of the big five personality traits: conscientiousness, openness, extroversion, neuroticism and agreeableness in financial planning.

Vulnerable employment and economic growth

Sridevi Yerrabati

The reality with many developing countries is that the countries have failed to create enough jobs for the poor and vulnerable. Under such circumstances, vulnerable employment…