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How would population growth affect investment in the future? Asymmetric panel causality evidence for Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting concern over corresponding rising unemployment and depleting per capita income. We examine the issues in this paper from a long-run perspective by assessing the relationships...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862088
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Long-term effects of population growth on aggregate investment dynamics: selected country evidence for Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
Purpose – Our generation is witnessing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the heart of it. There is mounting concern over corresponding rising unemployment and depleting per capita income. I examine the issues in this paper from a long-run perspective by assessing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862104
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The Effect of Intelligence on Financial Development: A Cross-Country Comparison
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2015
We assess the correlations between intelligence and financial development in 123 countries using data averages from 2000-2010. Human capital is measured in terms of IQ, cognitive ability & cognitive skills, while financial development is appreciated both from financial intermediary and stock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166592
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Determinants of Growth in Fast Developing Countries: Evidence from Bundling and Unbundling Institutions
Asongu, Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2015
-Effects regressions are employed as empirical strategies. GDP growth and real GDP output are used as dependent variables. The governance … constituents (political stability and voice & accountability) are significantly positive in GDP growth but insignificant in real … GDP output regressions. Third, the other governance dynamics are more significant determinants of real GDP output, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265217
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Drivers of Growth in Fast Emerging Economies: A Dynamic Instrumental Quantile Approach
Asongu, Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2015
assessing the determinants throughout the conditional distributions of the growth rate and real GDP output for the period 2001 … positive for GDP growth, it is negative for real GDP output. Fifth, while trade openness is positive in bottom quantiles of GDP … growth, but for the highest quantile in real GDP output, it is consistently negative on real GDP output. Sixth, while the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265218
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Trust and Prosperity: A Conditional Relationship
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
The paper extends Breggren et al. (2008, EE) on ‘trust and growth: a shaky relationship” by incorporating recent developments in the trust-growth literature and using a robust methodological underpinning that accounts for the presence of outliers. The empirical evidence is based on 63...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695986
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Development thresholds of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
Purpose – This paper examines whether initial levels in GDP growth, GDP per capita growth and inequality adjusted human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862077
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On the Obituary of Scientific Knowledge Monopoly
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
The August 15th 2013 Shanghai Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU) should leave policy makers wondering about whether the impressive growth experienced by ‘latecomers in the industry\' has moved hand-in-hand with contribution to knowledge by means of scientific publications. Against...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862082
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The Economic Consequences of China-Africa Relations: Debunking Myths in the Debate
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Aminkeng, Aminkeng Gilbert - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
This study dissects with great acuteness some of the big questions on China-Africa relations in order to debunk burgeoning myths surrounding the nexus. It reviews a wealth of recent literature and presents the debate in three schools of thought. No substantial empirical evidence is found to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862084
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Financial development dynamic thresholds of financial globalization: evidence from Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
Purpose – The issue of which financial initial conditions are necessary to materialize the benefits of financial globalization remains open to debate in the literature. In this paper, we try to put some empirical structure on the concept of financial threshold conditions in order to give...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862085