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Fighting software piracy in Africa: how do legal origins and IPRs protection channels matter?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
In the current efforts towards harmonizing IPRs regimes in the African continent, this paper provides answers to four key questions relevant in the policy decision making processes. After empirically examining the questions, the following findings are established. (1) In comparison to common law...
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Bank Efficiency and Openness in Africa: Do Income Levels Matter?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2010
This paper integrates a previously missing wealth-effect component in the openness-finance debate. From a panel of 29 low and middle income African countries with data spanning from 1987 to 2008, we provide evidence that openness (trade and financial) triggers less bank efficiency in low income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693293
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The impact of mobile phone penetration on African inequality
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
’-oriented poverty reduction channels are discussed. Originality/value – It deviates from mainstream country-specific and microeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862090
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How do institutions matter in the income-equalizing effect of mobile phone penetration?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
-specific and microeconomic survey-based approaches is on 52 African countries. ‘Mobile phone’-oriented poverty reduction channels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862106
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How do financial reforms affect inequality through financial sector competition? Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
In the first empirical study on how financial reforms have been instrumental in mitigating inequality through financial sector competition, we contribute at the same time to the macroeconomic literature on measuring financial development and respond to the growing field of economic development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693290
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Investment and Inequality in Africa: which financial channels are good for the poor?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
This paper examines how domestic, foreign, private and public investments affect income-inequality through financial intermediary dynamics. With the exception of financial allocation efficiency, financial channels of depth and activity are good for the poor as they diminish estimated household...
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Finance and Inequality: Exploring Pro-Poor Investment Channels in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
poverty should take account of the disequalizing income-effect of foreign investment in undeveloped countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693302
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The Impact of Liberalisation Policies on Inequality in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Batuo, Michael E. - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
Despite over three decades of Liberalisation policies in Africa, income-inequality has stayed persistently high. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695992
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Inequality, poverty and quality of institutions: which freedom channels of globalization matter for Africa?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
which freedoms channels are poverty and inequality mitigated? With the instrumentality of formal institutions: (1) de jure … (poverty). Hence, economic freedom does not stop the wealthy from growing wealthier, but at the same time provides for … conditions that mitigate poverty. The findings broadly show that, despite the substantially documented negative incidences of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695997
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New financial development indicators: with a critical contribution to inequality empirics
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
The employment of financial development indicators without due consideration to country/regional specific financial development realities remains an issue of substantial policy relevance. Financial depth in the perspective of money supply is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development...
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