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Backwardness advantage and economic growth in the information age: A cross-country empirical study
Vu, Khuong; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
derives theoretical grounds from the existing economic models to support the hypothesis that the internet, inter alia, enables … evidence to show that the growth landscape has indeed shifted decisively in favor of developing countries in the Internet Age … gains from internet adoption in comparison to the average advanced country. The paper discusses policy implications from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389201
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Drivers of Growth in Fast Emerging Economies: A Dynamic Instrumental Quantile Approach
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This study complements the scarce literature on growth determinants in fast emerging economies of the BRICS and MINT by assessing the determinants throughout the conditional distributions of the growth rate and real GDP output for the period 2001-2011. An instrumenal variable (IV) quantile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390901
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Drivers of growth in fast emerging economies: A dynamic instrumental quantile approach to real output and its rates of growth in BRICS and MINT countries, 2001-2011
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
We analyze the evolution of fast emerging economies of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) and MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria & Turkey) countries, by assessing growth determinants throughout the conditional distributions of the growth rate and real GDP output for the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956961
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FDI and Growth in the MENA countries: Are the GCC countries Different?
Gammoudi, Mouna; Cherif, Mondher; Asongu, Simplice - 2016
This paper examines the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for the period 1985-2009. The empirical evidence is based on an endoeneity-robust Generalised Method of Moments. Results show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596351
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The impact of tourism development on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Nyasha, Sheilla; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study examines the dynamic impact of tourism development on economic growth in subSaharan Africa (SSA) using the Generalised Method of Moments and data covering the period from 2002 to 2018. The increasingly important role of tourism and the limelight the tourism sector has been enjoying of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389198
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Towards inclusive growth in Africa: Remittances, and financial development interactive effects and thresholds
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel Y.; Dossou, Toyo … - 2023
development in the remittances-inclusive growth relationship. First, evidence based on the system GMM estimator shows that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549359
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Demographic change and wealth inequality: Global evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Simo-Kengne, Beatrice D. - 2022
This study explores the effect of various demographic features on wealth share using yearly data for 43 countries. Empirical results from quantile regressions indicate that besides macroeconomic and institutional factors, population ageing and the high size of working population exhibit some...
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Manufacturing export and ICT infrastructure in West Africa: Investigating the roles of economic and political institutions
Beecroft, Ibukun; Osabuohien, Evans; Efobi, Uchenna … - 2019
Investment in ICT infrastructure development is crucial to international trade through its provision of reliable interconnectedness via communication. This can be augmented via institutional intervention, which addresses opportunistic or rent-seeking behaviours of ICT infrastructure providers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389153
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Genetic Distance and Cognitive Human Capital: A Cross-National Investigation
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This paper explores the determinants of intelligence by focusing on the role played by barriers to the diffusion of competence and human capital. The results based on cross-sectional data from 167 countries consisting of 1996-2009 averages suggest that, genetic distance to global frontiers has a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390915
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Is Poverty in the African DNA (Gene)?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2015
A 2015 World Bank report on attainment of Millennium Development Goals concludes that the number of extremely poor has dropped substantially in all regions with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. We assess if poverty is in the African gene by revisiting the findings of Ashraf and Galor (2013,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390918