ABSTRACT
The study investigated effect of corporate governance on performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. It extracted data from annual reports of 5 selected banks from 2010 to 2016 based on availability of data. The study therefore adopted ex post facto research design and used board size and board composition as proxies for corporate governance while net profit margin, return on assets and return on equity were employed as proxies for performance of banks. The unit root test conducted revealed that the variables are stationary but integrated with a combination of ordinary and first difference. The study therefore used the Autoregressive Distributed Lag specifically the Bounds test to estimate the relationship of the variables. From the Wald test conducted, the results established that board size and board composition jointly has influence on each of the performance proxies. It was also established that there is significant effect of corporate governance on return on assets and the effect of corporate governance on net profit margin of deposit money banks in Nigeria is significant which confirms the existence of long run relationship between corporate governance and net profit margin of deposit money banks in Nigeria. The study concludes that there is existence oflong run relationship between corporate governance and performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. It therefore recommends that shareholders of deposit money banks should ensure that the size of their board should be consistent with the requirements and that the board composition should include members that have financial expertise .
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Declaration
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
List of tables
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Objectives of the Study
1.5 Research Questions
1.4 Statement of Hypotheses
1.6 Significance of the Study
1.7 Scope of the Study
1.8 Limitations of the Study
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Conceptual Framework
2.1.1 Corporate Governance
2.1.1.1 Board Size
2.1.1.2 Board Composition
2.1.2 Performance 12
2.1.2.1 Return on Asset 13
2.1.2.2 Return on Equity 13
2.1.2.3 Net Profit Margin 14
2.1.3 Corporate Governance and Performance 14
2.1.4 Principles and Pillars of Corporate Governance 15
2.1.5 Challenges of Corporate Governance 21
2.1.6 Merits of Good Corporate Governance 22
2.2 Theoretical Framework 23
2.2.1 Stakeholder Theory 23
2.2.2 Agency Theory 24
2.3 Empirical Review 25
2.3.1 Summary of Empirical Review 35
2.4 Summary of Literature 41
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design 42
3.2 Area of the Study 42
3.3 Population of Study 42
3.4 Sample Size and Sampling Technique 42
3.5 Method of Data Collection 43
3.6 Validity and Reliability of Data 43
3.7 Method of Data Analysis 43
3.8 Model Specification and Functional Definition of Variables
3.9 Decision Rule
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
4.1 Data Presentation 46
4.2 Analysis and Discussion of Descriptive Statistics 47
4.3 Analysis and Discussion of Unit Root Results 51
4.4 Analysis and Discussion of Results 53
4.4.l Effect of Corporate Governance on Return on Assets 53
4.4.2 Effect of Corporate Governance on Return on Equity 58
4.4.3 Effect of Corporate Governance on Net Profit Margin 63
4.4 Test of Hypotheses 68
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary of Findings 71
5 .2 Conclusion 73
5 .3 Recommendations 75
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
DALPHINE, M (2020). Effect Of Corporate Governance On Performance Of Deposit Money Banks In Nigeria. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Oct 30, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effect-of-corporate-governance-on-performance-of-deposit-money-banks-in-nigeria
MOUAU/ACC/14/24113, DALPHINE. "Effect Of Corporate Governance On Performance Of Deposit Money Banks In Nigeria" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 22 Jun. 2020, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effect-of-corporate-governance-on-performance-of-deposit-money-banks-in-nigeria. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
MOUAU/ACC/14/24113, DALPHINE. "Effect Of Corporate Governance On Performance Of Deposit Money Banks In Nigeria". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 22 Jun. 2020. Web. 30 Oct. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effect-of-corporate-governance-on-performance-of-deposit-money-banks-in-nigeria >.
MOUAU/ACC/14/24113, DALPHINE. "Effect Of Corporate Governance On Performance Of Deposit Money Banks In Nigeria" Mouau.afribary.org (2020). Accessed 30 Oct. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effect-of-corporate-governance-on-performance-of-deposit-money-banks-in-nigeria