Sumerianz Journal of Economics and Finance

    
Online ISSN: 2617-6947
Print ISSN: 2617-7641

Quarterly Published (4 Issues Per Year)

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Volume 1 Issue 3 (2018)

Internal Factors Affecting Student Performance in Accounting Courses at a Vocational School

Authors : Ahmet Onay ; Serdar Benligiray
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the internal factors affecting the success of students in the accounting courses in the curriculum of a vocational school which is not specifically intended to provide accounting education. The multiple regression model, developed as a research method, tests seven independent variables on students graduating between 2011-2017. The results of the study show that high school education is influencing success in accounting courses. Findings show that the academic tendencies measured by the average grade of the students are one of the determinants of the success of both accounting courses. In addition, success in an accounting course taken in previous year affects success of accounting course taken in the following year. The results of the study are important in terms of making more accurate decisions to improve quality of education in terms of academic decision makers and educational advisors.

Pages: 82-90

Government Expenditure and Economic Growth in Nigeria: Historical, Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives

Authors : Oleka Chioma ; Agwa Ginika Angela ; Okoh Onyinyechi ; Kalu Ebere Ume
Abstract:
This study follows a reversal of the Wagner Hypothesis as Government expenditure is used as a function of Economic Growth and adopts the ex-post facto research design. The datasets used in this work are annualized time series and purely secondary data drawn from World Bank databank. It covers a 35year period, 1981 to 2015. In addition to the classical linear regression analyses, diagnostics tests were done to ensure validity and reliability of the results. Descriptive statistics, correlational analyses were employed in addition to the traditional unit root tests which confirmed the stationarity properties of the series under study and also determine the model form adopted. The result shows that Economic growth is a significant function of capital expenditure as By way of policy implication, it is recommended that public expenditure should be directed in a manner that engineers economic growth given the functional relationship discovered in this study.

Pages: 74-81