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Institutional structures and financial market development in Africa
Agyemang, Otuo Serebour; Gatsi, John Gartchie; Ansong, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-15
Africa. Our paper contributes to the extant literature by using other financial market development variables-ease of access … influence the level of financial markets development in the context of Africa. We employ a two-step generalized method of moment … relevant in explaining ease of access to loans and venture capital availability in Africa. Based on these results, our paper …
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Understanding the growth of African financial markets
Andrianaivo, Mihasonirina; Amo-Yartey, Charles - 2009
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Finance in Africa : achievements and challenges
Beck, Thorsten; Fuchs, Michael; Uy, Marilou - 2009
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The African credit trap
Andrianova, Svetlana; Baltagi, Badi H.; Demetriades, … - 2010
We put forward a plausible explanation of African financial underdevelopment in the form of a bad credit market equilibrium. Utilising an appropriately modified IO model of banking, we show that the root of the problem could be unchecked moral hazard (strategic loan defaults) or adverse...
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Information sharing and conditional financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Anyanwu, John C.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2016
This study examines conditional financial development from information sharing in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011, using contemporary and non-contemporary quantile regressions (QR) which enable the assessment of the effect of information sharing throughout the conditional...
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Financial development and sustainable exports : evidence from firm-product data
Jaud, Melise; Kukenova, Maina; Strieborny, Martin - 2013
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Financial development and sustainable exports : evidence from firm-product data
Jaud, Melise; Kukenova, Madina; Strieborny, Martin - 2014
We combine a novel measure of export-related financial needs at the product level with a unique database of firm-product export data (including names of the exporting firms) from five developing countries. Using the tools of survival analysis and taking into account firms' and products'...
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Political regimes and stock market performance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This paper assesses the effect of political institutions on stock market performance in 14 African countries for which stock market data is available for the period 1990-2010. The estimation technique used is a Two-Stage-Least Squares Instrumental Variable methodology. Political regime channels...
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Essential information sharing thresholds for reducing market power in financial access : a study of the African banking industry
Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2016
This study investigates the role of information sharing offices (public credit registries and private credit bureaus) in reducing market power for financial access in the African banking industry. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 162 banks from 42 countries for the period 2001-2011....
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Diaspora remittance inflow, financial development and the industrialisation of Africa
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; Okafor, … - 2016
The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries for the period 1980-2014. The indirect impact is assessed through financial development channels. The empirical evidence is based on three interactive and non-interactive...
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