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The 2011 Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis : Evidence of Contagion from International Financial Markets
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
Purpose – Natural disasters may inflict significant damage upon international financial markets. The purpose of this study is to investigate if any contagion effect occurred in the immediate aftermath of the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032608
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Globalization, Financial Crisis and Contagion : Time-Dynamic Evidence from Financial Markets of Developing Countries
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
Financial integration among economies has the benefit of improving allocation efficiency and diversifying risk. However the recent global financial crisis, considered as the worst since the Great Depression has re-ignited the fierce debate about the merits of financial globalization and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032610
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Aid, Terrorism, and Foreign Direct Investment : Empirical Insight Conditioned on Corruption Control
Efobi, Uchenna - 2018
corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 developing countries. The following findings are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908025
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Linkages between financial development, financial instability, financial liberalisation and economic growth in Africa
Batuo, Enowbi; Mlambo, Kupukile; Asongu, Simplice - 2017
In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, the implications of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increased scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698477
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Political Crises and Risk of Financial Contagion in Developing Countries : Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
The recent waves of political crises in Africa and the Middle East have inspired the debate over how political instability could pose a risk of financial contagion to emerging countries. With retrospect to the Kenyan political crisis, our findings suggest stock markets in Lebanon, Mauritius were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032611
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Foreign direct investment, aid and terrorism : empirical insight conditioned on corruption control
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2015
This study checks the effect of foreign aid on terrorism and FDI, conditioned on domestic levels of corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408857
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Foreign Aid and Corruption : Clarifying Murky Empirical Conclusions
Efobi, Uchenna - 2019
This note reconciles an on-going debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by introducing a previously missing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012904576
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International Aid, Corruption and Fiscal Policy Behavior
Asongu, Simplice - 2014
The Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) debate on ‘the effect of foreign aid on corruption' has … reducing (increasing) corruption (corruption-control) are discussed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047703
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Foreign Direct Investment, Aid and Terrorism : Empirical Insight Conditioned on Corruption Control
Efobi, Uchenna - 2015
This study checks the effect of foreign aid on terrorism and FDI, conditioned on domestic levels of corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025327
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On the Channels of Foreign Aid to Corruption
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
The debate by Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) on ‘the effect of foreign aid on corruption …' in its current state has the shortcoming of modeling corruption as a direct effect of development assistance. This note … extends the debate by assessing the channels of foreign aid to corruption in 53 African countries for the period 1996 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032534