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Coping with falling oil prices : the different fortunes of African banks
Gueye, Cheikh; Mbelu, Asithandile; Sy, Amadou N. R. - 2019
This paper studies the impact of declining oil prices on banks in sub-Saharan African oil-exporting countries. Results indicate that banks respond differently to an oil shock depending on their ownership: (i) domestic banks are the most adversely impacted and experience a deterioration in asset...
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Determinants of credit risk in the banking system in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mpofu, Trust R.; Nikolaidou, Eftychia - In: Review of development finance 8 (2018) 2, pp. 141-153
This paper investigates the macroeconomic determinants of credit risk in the banking system of 22 Sub-Saharan African economies. We measure credit risk as the ratio of non-performing loans to total gross loans (NPLs) and employ dynamic panel data methods over the period 2000-2016. Using a...
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Banking in Africa
Beck, Thorsten; Cull, Robert J. - 2013
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Banking in Africa
Beck, Thorsten - 2017
This paper takes stock of the current state of banking systems across Sub-Saharan Africa and discusses recent developments including innovations that might help Africa leapfrog more traditional banking models. Using an array of different data, the paper documents that African banking systems are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973818
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Banking in Africa
Beck, Thorsten; Cull, Robert - 2014
This paper takes stock of the current state of banking systems across Sub-Saharan Africa and discusses recent developments including innovations that might help Africa leapfrog more traditional banking models. Using an array of different data, the paper documents that African banking systems are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560792
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Fintech, bank funding, and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mashamba, Tafirei; Gani, Shenaaz - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-22
) in recent years. The impact on bank funding and economic growth in the region cannot be ignored. This paper examines the … extent to which Fintech has affected bank funding and economic growth in the region by utilizing data from 56 banks across 19 … of Fintech mediating the impact on economic growth via the bank funding channel, suggesting that SSA banking systems are …
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Financial systems and economic growth : empirical evidence from Australia
Nyasha, Sheilla; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Contemporary economics 10 (2016) 2, pp. 163-174
This paper examines the dynamic impact of both bank- and market-based financial development on economic growth in … to examine this linkage. Unlike certain previous studies, this study uses both bank- and market-based financial …
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An assessment of the impact of banking reforms on economic growth and bank performance in Nigeria
Gidigbi, Matthew O. - In: CBN journal of applied statistics 8 (2017) 2, pp. 143-162
in the economy. Thus, the study recommends pre-crisis reforms testing by the apex bank. …
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Pre- and post-crisis dynamics of financial globalisation for financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Moor, Lieven de; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015
This study unites two streams of research by simultaneously focusing on the impact of financial globalisation on financial development and pre- and post-crisis dynamics of the investigated relationship. The empirical evidence is based on 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011 and...
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Banking system stability and economic growth in Nigeria : a bounds test to cointegration
Eweke, Gamaliel Oghenerugba - In: EuroEconomica 38 (2019) 1, pp. 174-187
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