Dr Lionel Effiom started his academic career as a lecturer with the Department of Economics, Federal College of Education, Obudu, Cross River State, Nigeria, from where he moved to the Department of Economics in the University of Calabar.
Besides a firm academic background in Economics (having received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Doctorate degrees from the same discipline), Dr Lionel Effiom also holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree and is a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
His teaching and research interests span development economics, macroeconomics, econometrics and quantitative methods, international economics, and monetary Economics.
A member of The Nigerian Economic Society, member Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and Associate Fellow Institute of Operations Research of Nigeria, Dr Lionel Effiom had brief stints in the private and public sectors before venturing into academics. He worked as a Planning Officer in the Cross River State Planning Commission. He has been a consultant to the Cross River State Government in the preparation of the Local Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (LEEDS) document for Akpabuyo Local Government Area as well as Consultant to GEMS3 – a DFID-funded programme implemented by Adam Smith International – on Policy Framework for Investment (PFI) Cross River PFI Review.
Dr Lionel has served in several committees both in the Department of Economics and Faculty of Social Sciences. Presently he is the Secretary Departmental Post-graduate Board, Coordinator Department of Economics CES Programme, as well as member Faculty Journal Editorial Committee. He has published extensively in local and international journals and attended and presented papers in several conferences. He currently serves as a Council Member of the Nigerian Economics Society as an Associate Editor of the Society’s flagship journal, The Nigerian Journal of Economics and Social Studies. Dr Lionel Effiom has successfully supervised 5 Ph. D graduate students as well as six Masters graduate students.
He is also a current and public affairs analysts and regularly features on FAD 93.1 FM. He is married to his beautiful Wife, Enobong whom he romantically calls Marigold. The marriage is blessed with 5 Children.
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First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC)
Hillside International Nursery School, Calabar, Nigeria
Uche, E., & Effiom, L. (2021). Financial development and environmental sustainability in Nigeria: fresh insights from multiple threshold nonlinear ARDL model. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12843-8.
Effiom, L., & Ebi, B. O. (2021). Trade Policy, Infrastructural Development and Agricultural Sector Value Added in Nigeria. Institutions and Economies, 13(1), 1-33.
Effiom, L., & Edet, S. E. (2020). Financial Innovation and the Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Nigeria. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 33(1), 1 – 34.
Effiom, L., Achu, A., & Edet, S. E. (2020). Capital Flight and Domestic Investment in Nigeria: Evidence from ARDL Methodology. International Journal of Financial Research, 11(1), 348 – 360.
Effiom, L., & Onye, K. (2020). Currency substitution and aggregate consumption expenditures: evidence from WAMZ countries. West African Financial and Economic Review, 20(2), 39 – 66.
Effiom, L., & Edet, S. E. (2019). Remittances, capital flight, and poverty: Empirical evidence from ECOWAS countries. West African Financial and Economic Review, 19(1), 35 – 68.
Ebi, B. O., & Effiom, L. (2019). Industrial output volatility in Nigeria: Causes and Consequences. Nigerian Journal of Economics and Social Studies, 61(1), 49 – 64.
Effiom, L., & Odey, F. (2019). Rainfall Pattern and Nigerian Agricultural Value Chain: The case of Cocoa Production in Etung , Cross River State of Nigeria. The Journal of Arts, Humanities and Development Studies Research, 1(1), 58 – 74.
Effiom, L., & Edet, S. E. (2019). Challenges to Capital Budget implementation. African Research Review, 13(3), 167–180.
Effiom, L., & Edet, S. E. (2019). Facilitation of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Cross River State. Nigeria. International Journal of Accounting and Finance, 8(2), 75 – 95.
Effiom, L., & Ubi, P. S. (2018) Domestic resource mobilisation and industrial sector performance in ECOWAS Countries: Evidence from Ghana and Nigeria. The West African Economic Review, WAER, 5(1), 94 – 127.
Effiom, L., & Okoi, O. B. (2018). Human capital, technological development, infrastructure, and manufacturing subsector performance in Nigeria. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 6(7), 203 – 231.
Effiom, L., & Edet, S. E. (2018). Success of small and medium enterprises in Nigeria: Do environmental factors matter. Journal of Sustainable Development, 9(4), 117–128.
Effiom, L., & Ubi, P. S. (2017). Governance, incentive systems, and institutions: Is a Nigerian developmental state achievable? Nigerian Journal of Economics and Social Studies, 59(3), 387– 430.
Effiom, L., & Ubi, P. (2016). Deficit, Decay and Deprioritization of Transport Infrastructure in Nigeria: Policy Options for Sustainability. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 8(3), 55–68.
Effiom, L., & Ebi, B. O (2016). Foreign Direct Investment in Cross River State, Nigeria: An Evaluation of Investment Policy Framework. Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies, 58(3), 389-409.
Ebi, B. O., & Effiom, L. (2016). Public and Private Sectors’ Expenditure Elasticities of Poverty: Evidence from Nigeria. A Multi-disciplinary journal of research and Development perspectives. 4(2), 24-36.
Udah, E. B., Ubi, P., & Effiom, L. (2016). Macroeconomic Reforms, Institutions and Economic Performance in Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 18(1), 105-120
Effiom, L., & Udah, E. B. (2015). Industrialization and Economic Development in a Multicultural Milieu: Lessons for Nigeria. British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, 4(11), 1772-1784
Effiom, L., & Archibong, F. E. (2015). The Role of Multilevel Marketing (MLM) in Poverty Alleviation in Calabar–Cross River State, Nigeria: A Case Study of Forever Living Product (Nig.) Ltd. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2(2), 150-163.
Effiom, L., & Ubi, P. (2015). Informal Institutions: The Binding Constraint on Institutional Efficiency in Nigeria. British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, 5(3), 258-272.
Ubi, P., & Effiom, L. (2015). Domestic Resource Mobilization and Industrial Performance In Nigeria. West African Financial and Economic Review (WAFER), 13(2), 133 -156.
Ubi, P. S., & Effiom, L. (2015). Financial and Non-financial Determinants of Savings in a Developing Economy: Evidence from Nigeria. Multi-Disciplinary Journal of Research and Development Perspective, 4(2), 103 –118
Ogbuagu, U., Ubi, P., & Effiom, L. (2014). Corruption and Infrastructural Decay: Perceptible Evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 5(10), 20 – 27.
Ubi, P., & Effiom, L. (2013) The Dynamic Analysis of Electricity Supply and Economic Development: Lessons from Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Society, 2(1), 1–11.
Ubi, P., Effiom, L., & Okon, E. (2013). Poverty and Its Related Theories: Reassessing the Relevance. American Journal of Social Issues and Humanities, 3(3), 152 -158.
Effiom, L. & Ubi, P. (2012). Trade Openness and Domestic Savings Nexus in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria. European Journal of Scientific Research, 86(3), 428 – 442.
Ubi, P., Effiom, L., & Baghebo, M. (2012). The Dynamics of Institutional Failure and Its Implications on Employment Capacity of the Nigerian Economy. Journal of Emerging trends in Economics and Management Sciences, 3(6), 931 – 939.
Effiom, L., Ubi, P. S., & Okon, E. O. (2012). A Case for Non-interest Banking in Nigeria amidst the Collapsing Paradigms in the Global Economy. International Journal of Business Administration, 3(4), 20-30.
Ubi, P. S., Effiom, L., Okon, E. O., & Oduneka A. E. (2012). An Econometric Analysis of the Determinants of electricity Supply in Nigeria. International Journal of Business Administration, 3(4), 72-82.
Effiom, L., Ubi, P. S., & Okon, E. O. (2012). The Economics of Distortions and the Problem of Measurability: Evidence from Nigeria. American Journal of Business and Management, 1(2), 43-53.
Ubi, P. S., Effiom, L. & Eyo, E. I. (2012). Monetary Policy and industrialization in an Emerging Open Economy: Lessons from Nigeria. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2(8), 270-288.
Ubi, P. S., Effiom, L., Okon, E. O., & Oduneka, A. E. (2012). An Econometric Analysis of the Determinants of electricity Supply in Nigeria. International Journal of Business Administration, 3(4), 72-82.
Iyeli, I. I., Effiom, Lionel & Oshi, J.E.O. (2012). Economic Meltdown: An Examination of Country to Country Experiences and Policy Options, EBSU Journal of Social Science Review, 3(1), 58 –70.
Effiom, L., Ubi, P. S., Okon, E. O., & Eyo, E. I. (2011). Trade Liberalization and Human Capital in Nigeria: A vector Autoregressive Analysis. European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, 40, 154-168.
Ubi, P. S., Effiom, L., & Mba, P. N. (2011). Corruption, institutional failure and economic development in Nigeria. Annals of Humanities and Development studies, 2(2), 73 – 85.
Effiom, L., Ubi, P. S., & Opue, J. A. (2011). Institutional Reforms and National Transformation: What challenge for Nigeria. Annals of Humanities and Development Studies, 2(2), 120 – 168
Effiom, L., Ubi, P. S., & Opue, J. A. (2011). Institutional Reforms and National Transformation: What Challenge for Nigeria? Annals of Humanities and Development Studies, 2 (2), 105-113.
Effiom, L., & Ubi, P. (2010), The Currency Substitution Phenomenon: Is The Nigerian Economy Immune? Journal of Economic Theory, 4(1), 9-13.
Effiom, L., & Ubi, P. S. (2010). Sustainable Development and the Role of Institutions in Nigeria. International Journal of Development Studies, 5(4), 44-53.
Ubi, P. S., & Effiom, L. (2010). An Empirical Study of Poverty in Calabar And Its Environs. Global Journal of Social Sciences, 9(1,2), 39 – 43.
Effiom, L. (2010). The Paradox of Western Economic Theorizing and Nigeria’s Industrial Development. African Journal of Social Policy and Administration, 3(3), 61 – 73
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ii) Fifth International Conference on Development Studies, Abuja,
Sustainable Development and the role of institutions in Nigeria
2002-04-23
2010-04-23
v) West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) Biennial Conference, Abuja
Non-Interest Banking, the Crumbling Orthodoxy and the
Imperatives of a Paradigm Shift in the Nigerian Banking Industry
2002-08-17
2011-08-17
vii) West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) Biennial Conference, Lagos
Deficit, Decay and Deprioritization of Transport Infrastructure In Nigeria: Policy Options For Sustainability
2002-08-18
2013-08-18
vi) Nigerian Economic Society Conference
Informal Institutions: the Binding Constraints on Institutional Efficiency in Nigeria
2002-08-24
2013-08-24
Nigerian Economic Society Conference
Governance, Incentive Systems, and Institutions: is a Nigerian Developmental State Achievable?
2002-09-23
2016-09-23
Nigerian Economics Society Conference
Institutional Frameworks, the Transformation Process and the Challenge of Coordination
2002-09-24
2011-09-24
Nigerian Economic Society Conference
The Nigerian Economy: Assessing its Conformability with the Perfectly Competitive Market Model
2002-09-26
2010-09-26
Nigerian Economic Society Conference
Domestic Resource Mobilization And Industrial Sub-Sector Performance In A Depressed Economy: The Nigeria Experience.
