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Mohammed Aminu Bello

Department of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship, Bayero University Kano

mabello.bus@buk.edu.ng
6 Publications

Publications 6

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Research Article Vol. 10, Issue 1

CROWDFUNDING LITERACY AND STARTUP CAPITAL FORMATION AMONG RURAL ENTREPRENEURS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: EVIDENCE FROM A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

Mohammed Aminu Bello*, Muhammed Alhaji ABUBAKAR

Access to startup capital remains a significant challenge for rural entrepreneurs, particularly in contexts where conventional financing is constrained by limited collateral, geographical barriers, and restricted access to formal financial services. Crowdfunding offers an alternative digital financing mechanism, but its effective use may depend on ...

Jun, 2026 Vol. 10, Issue 1
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Research Article Vol. 10, Issue 1

EFFICIENCY WAGES AND EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA’S SERVICE SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs)

Mohammed Aminu Bello*

Investigating the effect of efficiency wages on labour productivity in Nigerian manufacturing firms, the study draws panel data from 1,200 observations across three survey periods: 2016, 2020, and 2024. Utilising a Cobb-Douglas production function within a fixed-effects (FE) estimation framework, the study examines whether firms that pay above-sect...

Jun, 2026 Vol. 10, Issue 1
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Research Article Vol. 8, Issue 2

Foreign Exchange Rate Unification and Foreign Portfolio Investment Inflows: Evidence from Nigeria

Mohammed Aminu Bello*, Kabiru Umar

This study examines the impact of foreign exchange rate unification on foreign portfolio investment (FPI) inflows in Nigeria, using data from 2014 to 2024. The analysis employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to explore both long-run and short-run dynamics between foreign exchange rates and FPI. The findings reveal that a unified of...

Oct, 2024 Vol. 8, Issue 2
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Research Article Vol. 7, Issue 1

Financial Crimes and Financial Inclusion: The Role of Institutional Governance Quality

Mohammed Aminu Bello*, Kabiru Umar, Muhammad Sani Gawuna

Policy makers have appreciated pivotal role of financial inclusion in improving social cohesion and poverty alleviation. Thus, policies are evolved to advance frontiers of financial inclusion but the increasing level of global financial crimes seems to be impending tides of progress. This study used panel data to investigate the effect of instituti...

Sep, 2023 Vol. 7, Issue 1
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Research Article Vol. 6, Issue 2

Stock Market Reaction to Covid-19 Lockdown Announcement in Nigeria: An Event Study Approach

Mohammed Aminu Bello*

The study examined COVID-19 lockdown announcement effect on the Nigerian stock market. The study investigated the extent of the lockdown announcement impact on the Nigerian stock market and examined whether the reaction of the market prior to the lockdown announcement is the same with the post-lockdown period reaction. The research employed the eve...

Nov, 2022 Vol. 6, Issue 2
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Research Article Vol. 6, Issue 1

Stock Price Reaction to the Announcement of Fuel Subsidy Removal in Nigeria

Mohammed Aminu Bello*

On the 11th of May, 2016 the federal government of Nigeria announced the removal of fuel subsidy which generated a lot of arguments and several reactions in the midst of observers and market analysts as to the likely consequences of such an action to the Nigerian economy on the market value of listed firms in Nigeria. This study aims to empirically...

Apr, 2022 Vol. 6, Issue 1
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