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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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What really drives economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from the lasso regularization and inferential techniques
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Obeng, Camara Kwasi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
The question of what really drives economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been debated for many decades now. However, there is still a lack of clarity on variables crucial for driving growth as prior contributions have been executed at the backdrop of preferential selection of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278138
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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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The paradox of governance and natural resource rents in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022
In this study, nexuses between governance and natural resource rents are assessed in 44 sub-Saharan African countries using data for the period 1996-2016. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions. The findings show that political governance (entailing “voice &...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013041366
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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
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A survey on the Washington Consensus and the Beijing Model : reconciling development perspectives
Asongu, Simplice; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - 2019
Reconciling the two dominant development models of the Washington Consensus (WC) and Beijing Model (BM) remains a critical challenge in the literature. The challenge is even more demanding when emerging development paradigms like the Liberal Institutional Pluralism (LIP) and New Structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058464
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The Arab Spring was predictable in 2007 : empirics of proof
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
We model core demands for better governance (political, economic and institutional), more employment and less consumer price inflation using a methodological innovation on the complete elimination of cross-country differences in signals susceptible of sparking social revolts. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794969