Datasets for board meeting frequency and financial performance of Nigerian deposit money banks

Damilola Felix Eluyela; Olamide Oluwabusola Akintimehin; Wisdom Okere; Emmanuel Ozordi; Godswill Osagie Osuma; Simon Osiregbemhe Ilogho; Olufemi Adebayo Oladipo

Data in Brief (Aug 2018)

Datasets for board meeting frequency and financial performance of Nigerian deposit money banks

Damilola Felix Eluyela,
Olamide Oluwabusola Akintimehin,
Wisdom Okere,
Emmanuel Ozordi,
Godswill Osagie Osuma,
Simon Osiregbemhe Ilogho,
Olufemi Adebayo Oladipo

Affiliations

Damilola Felix Eluyela: Department of Accounting and Finance, Landmark University, Omu Aran, Nigeria; Corresponding author.
Olamide Oluwabusola Akintimehin: Department of Business Studies, Landmark University, Omu Aran, Nigeria
Wisdom Okere: Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Nigeria
Emmanuel Ozordi: Department of Accounting, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Godswill Osagie Osuma: Department of Banking and Finance, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Simon Osiregbemhe Ilogho: Department of Accounting, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Olufemi Adebayo Oladipo: Department of Accounting and Finance, Landmark University, Omu Aran, Nigeria

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19
pp. 1852 – 1855

Abstract

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This article provides data on the impact of board meeting frequency and financial performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. We obtained the dataset from Nigeria stock exchange (NSE) database. The time frame used for this work is 2010–2016. TOBIN Q was used as a major determinant of financial performance. The raw data is easily accessible on Nigeria stock exchange website. We describe the value of this data as well as the method to analyze the data. Keywords: Board meeting, Corporate governance, Deposit money banks, Firm performance

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ISSN: 2352-3409 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics; Science: Science (General)
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