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Are proposed African monetary unions optimal currency areas? : real, monetary and fiscal policy convergence analysis
Asongu, Simplice - In: African journal of economic and management studies : AJEMS 5 (2014) 1, pp. 9-29
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African development : beyond income convergence
Asongu, Simplice - In: The South African journal of economics 82 (2014) 3, pp. 334-353
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Has knowledge improved economic growth? : evidence from Nigeria and South Africa
Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
variables. The speed of convergence of the variables to their long-term mean values is relatively higher for South Africa than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012621390
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Trajectories in knowledge economy : empirics from SSA and MENA countries
Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2015
In the first critical assessment of knowledge economy dynamic paths in Africa and the Middle East, but for a few exceptions, we find overwhelming support for diminishing cross-country disparities in knowledge-base-economy dimensions. The paper employs all the four components of the World Bank's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596861
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Persistence in incarcerations : global comparative evidence
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
Purpose - The purpose of this study is to assess how incarcerations persist across the world. The focus is on 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. Design/methodology/approach - The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. In order to increase room for policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794977
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Trajectories of knowledge economy in SSA and MENA countries
Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2019
In the first critical assessment of knowledge economy dynamic paths in Africa and the Middle East, but for a few exceptions, we find overwhelming support for diminishing cross-country disparities in knowledge-based economy dimensions. The paper employs all the four components of the World Bank's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997637
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The Comparative Economics of Catch-Up in Output Per Worker, Total Factor Productivity and Technological Gain in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ssozi, John - 2016
the beta catch-up and sigma convergence to compare dispersions in output per worker, total factor productivity and ….70% per annum with corresponding time to full catch-up of 25.38 years and 26.01 years respectively. Third, we find sigma-convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013003535
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African Development : Beyond Income Convergence
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
indicators could support both endogenous and neoclassical growth theories in the convergence debate. This paper investigates … convergence in real per capita GDP and inequality adjusted human development in 38 African countries, disaggregated into 10 … is that the income component of the human development index moves slower than others in the convergence process and thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032540