March 2016

Do marketing margins determine local leafy vegetables marketing in the Tamale Metropolis?

In Northern Ghana, local leafy vegetables marketing has become an important trade in Ghana due to the increasing application of the health benefits from consuming local leafy vegetable. It was theorized that marketing margins (temporal arbitrage) may not encourage marketing agents to undertake and facilitate trade in the local leafy vegetable marketing chain. This hypothesis is investigated by using data collected from...

Author(s): Vivian, F. Boateng, Bismark Amfo, Abdul- Halim Abubakari and Osei Bonsu Yeboah

March 2016

Effect of capital size on the profitability of listed insurance firms in Nigeria

Financial reforms have been an ongoing process, not only in Nigeria but the world over. Prior to the recapitalization of the insurance sector in 2005, the industry was characterized by the inadequate capital base, the dearth of appropriate human capital and weak performance. The objective of this paper is to examine the effect of capital size on the profitability of insurance companies in Nigeria. The researcher used...

Author(s): Idris Ahmed