About the Journal

Lead City Journal of Economics is an interdisciplinary journal of Economics and Social Science studies which focus on recent trends and development in all fields of Economics and Social Sciences in Nigeria and around the world. It is a broad spectrum journal available to research scholars, academics, professionals, and students to publish their research works and also provides a forum to disseminate their knowledge.
Our mission is to advance research by working to develop ethics and integrity, competence and a highly professional standard in economics and social sciences fields for the benefit of the public. The journal publishes papers with successful practical works, comprehensive description and clear framework that stimulate new research ideas and foster practical application of the research findings.
The journal is a bi-annual and peer review journal, published by the Department of Economics, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria. The editorial board is made up of reputable scholars from various universities around the world. All correspondence should be addressed to the Editor-
In-Chief, Lead City Journal of Economics, Lead City University, Ibadan,
Nigeria.
Guidelines for Contributors
Authors should note that any article to be submitted for publication must
comply with the following standard
• The manuscript content must not be more than 20 pages.
• Abstract (in italics) should be of about 250 words with a minimum of 5 keywords.
• The title and author(s) biographical details should be on first page
with author(s) telephone numbers and e-mail contacts.
• Authors name should be written in the following order: first name,
other name(s) and surname.
• The body text should be in Times New Roman, properly justified
in 12pt with 1.5 line spacing.
• Referencing style is APA, 7th edition. All references should be
listed in alphabetical order at the end of the article.

iv• The format for the body of the article is: Introduction, literature review, methodology, results and discussion, conclusion, references and appendix (optional). Also authors should know that they are responsible for ensuring that:
• The manuscript is their own original work, and does not duplicate
any other previously published work, including their own
previously published work;
• The manuscript has been submitted only to this journal, i.e. it is
not under consideration or peer review or accepted for publication
or in press or published elsewhere;
• The manuscript contains nothing that is abusive, defamatory,
libelous, obscene, fraudulent, or illegal.
Non-compliance with any of the latter three conditions will be
considered misconduct and dealt with accordingly. Equally, if authors are
found guilty of infringing any of the above three conditions, the
publisher reserves the right to charge the authors with costs which the
journal incurs for their manuscript at the discretion of the Journal’s
Editors and the publisher.
Any author who wishes to publish his/her article in the journal should
contact the editor-in-chief via lcjeconomics@gmail.com or lcje@lcu.edu.ng