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Information asymmetry and market power in the African banking industry

Boateng, Agyenim; Asongu, Simplice; Akamavi, Raphael; … - 2016

This study investigates the role of information sharing offices and its association with market power in the African banking industry. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 162 banks from 42 countries for the period 2001-2011. Five simultaneity-robust estimation techniques are employed,...

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Diaspora remittance inflow, financial development and the industrialisation of Africa

Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; Okafor, … - 2016

The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries for the period 1980-2014. The indirect impact is assessed through financial development channels. The empirical evidence is based on three interactive and non-interactive...

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Is information diffusion a threat to market power for financial access? : insights from the African banking industry

Asongu, Simplice; Batuo, Enowbi; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; … - 2016

This study assesses how information diffusion dampens the adverse effect of market power on the price and quantity of loans provided by a panel of 162 banks from 39 African countries for the period 2001-2011. The empirical evidence is based on three endogenity-robust estimation techniques,...

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Women empowerment and environmental sustainability in Africa

Achuo, Elvis Dze; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022

This study examines the effect of women's socioeconomic empowerment on environmental sustainability in Africa over the … Africa, various governments, either through individual or concerted efforts should endeavour to create enabling business …

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Political inclusion and democracy in Africa : some empirical evidence

Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021

This study investigates: (i) the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) and economic growth dynamics, and (ii) the relevance of value added from three economic sectors in modulating the established effect of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics. The...

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Mitigating the macroeconomic impact of severe natural disasters in Africa : policy synergies

Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021

This study evaluates the economic impact of severe natural disasters in Africa using the generalized synthetic control …

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African Women Vulnerability index (AWVI) : focus on rural women

Tchamyou, Vanessa; Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2021

In this paper, we develop a new index labelled the African Women Vulnerability index (AWVI) with a focus on rural women using the Round 7 Afrobarometer Survey. The AWVI comprises 59 indicators in six dimensions namely: safety, empowerment, health, education, economic prosperity and...

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Effect of women's political inclusion on the level of infrastructures in Africa

Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022

demonstrated trend of infrastructures in Africa in terms of stocks and future need is unique compared to the rest of the world. The … development in Africa. The results through the system GMM and Quantile Regression techniques show that womenâ€™s political … inclusion enhances infrastructural development in Africa. The result is robust across different measures of infrastructures and …

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The macroeconomic impact of recent political conflicts in Africa : generalized synthetic counterfactual evidence

Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021

This paper measures the macroeconomic impact of recent political crisis, protest and uprisings in Africa with the …

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The African Continental Free Trade Area and financial development for women economic participation in Africa

Tchamyou, Vanessa; Some, Juste; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

The study has contributed to the extant literature on the relevance of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) by assessing how financial development dynamics can moderate the incidence of African trade integration on female labour force participation. The focus is on 47 African...

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