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Military Expenditure, Policy Syndromes and Tourism in the World
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023
improved when military expenditure is used as a tool to mitigate perceived and real security risks that potentially reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549408
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Dynamic determinants of access to weapons: Global evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2019
This study investigates the determinants of and persistence in access to weapons using a global sample of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments (GMM). Hysteresis in access to weapons is consistently more apparent in countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112149
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Mitigating externalities of terrorism on tourism: Global evidence from police, security officers and armed service personnel
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2018
In this paper, we investigate the role of security officers, the police and armed service personnel in dampening the … corresponding moderating role of security officers and the police is not statistically significant. Moreover, violent demonstrations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112166
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Contemporary drivers of global tourism: Evidence from terrorism and peace factors
Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Biekpe, Nicholas; … - 2018
This study examines the effect of terrorism and peace on tourist destination arrivals using a panel of 163 countries … service personnel" and "security officers and polices" are not positively significant. Managerial implications are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112187
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Tourism and insecurity in the world
Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2019
instability and perception of criminality while the policy variables of forces of law and order are captured with "security …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112195
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Global tourism and waves of terror: Perspectives from military expenditure
Asongu, Simplice; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - 2019
This study complements existing literature by investigating how military expenditure can modulate the effect of terrorism externalities on tourism. The geographical and temporal scopes are 163 countries and the period 2010-2015. The empirical evidence is based on negative binomial regressions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112230
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Political instability and political terror: Global evidence on persistence
Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2020
We test the hypotheses that fundamental characteristics in regional proximity, landlockedness, religious-domination, legal origin, and income levels affect cross-country differences in the persistence in political terror and political instability in 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389171
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Estimating the effect of democracy, governance and militarisation on peace in Africa
Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Odo, Kingsley O.; Ekeocha, … - 2020
Peace has been deemed paramount to socioeconomic progress and economic development across nations. It is for this …, governance and militarisation on peace in 43 African countries for the year 2018 in a cross sectional framework. The Ordinary … empirical results firstly reveal that democracy increases peace in Africa, particularly in countries where the initial level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389200
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Crime and conflicts in Africa: consequences of corruption?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013
With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 African countries using updated data. We find that,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390824
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Fighting African Conflicts and Crimes: Which Governance Tools Matter?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013
controlling for age dependency, number of police (and security) officers, per capita economic prosperity, educational level and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390832