Corporate Governance and Bank Performance in Nigeria: An Empirical Study

Autor:	Okonkwo Jisike Jude, Azolibe Chukwuebuka Bernard, Nwadibe Emelda Chidimma
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Corporate governance 05 social sciences Financial system 030206 dentistry 050601 international relations 0506 political science 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Empirical research Granger causality Stock exchange Net income Negative relationship Profit margin Revenue Business
Zdroj:	European Scientific Journal ESJ. 15
ISSN:	1857-7431 1857-7881
DOI:	10.19044/esj.2019.v15n28p76
Popis:	This study extensively investigated effectiveness of corporate governance in Nigerian banks for the period 2006-2018. The study adopted secondary data obtained fromannual reports of banks, CentralBank ofNigeria and Nigeria Stock Exchange. Regression analysis, unit roots and diagnostic test were used in the analysis. The Granger Causality test was applied to determine the direction of causality. The findings show that board audit committee has positive effect on net profit margin while block-shareholding and board composition has negative relationship on growth in revenue and growth in net income. It recommends optimum proportion of outside directors for effective governance impacting performance positively.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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