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Financial access, governance and insurance sector development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

Purpose - This study investigates the role of financial access in moderating the effect of governance on insurance … insurance indicators are used, notably: life insurance and non-life insurance. Six governance measurements are also used, namely … established from the GMM. First, financial access promotes life insurance through channels of political stability, "voice …

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Information sharing and financial sector development in Africa

Tchamyou, Vanessa S.; Asongu, Simplice - 2016

This study investigates the effect information sharing has on financial sector development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. Information sharing is measured with private credit bureaus and public credit registries. Hitherto unexplored dimensions of financial sector development...

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Assessing marginal, threshold and net effects of financial globalisation on financial development in Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

The present inquiry contributes to extant literature by simultaneously accounting for variations in financial development and financial globalisation in the assessment of hypothetical initial financial development conditions for the rewards of financial globalisation. For this purpose, we...

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The asymmetric effect of internet access on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa

Idris Abdullahi Abdulqadir; Asongu, Simplice - 2021

This article investigates the asymmetric effect of internet access (index of the internet) on economic growth in 42 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries over the period 2008-2018. The estimation procedure is obtained following a dynamic panel threshold regression technique via 1000 bootstrap...

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The asymmetric effect of internet access on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa : insight from a dynamic panel threshold regression

Idris Abdullahi Abdulqadir; Asongu, Simplice - 2021

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Effects of political institutions on the external debt-economic growth nexus in Africa

Nounamo, Yann; Asongu, Simplice; Ndieupa, Henri Njangang; … - 2021

The main contribution of this study is the determination of an endogenous threshold of institutional quality, beyond which external debt would affect economic growth differently. The focus is on 14 countries of the African Franc zone over the period 1985-2015. Based on the panel Smooth Threshold...

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Introduction

Asongu, Simplice - 2018

This special section aims to advance scholarship on well-being and happiness in Africa. The section covers theoretical, conceptual and empirical contributions which address relevant areas that enhance extant knowledge on linkages between poverty, happiness and well-being in Africa.

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The role of institutional infrastructures in financial inclusion-growth relations : evidence from SSA

Ajide, Kazeem Bello; Raheem, Ibrahim Dolapo; Alimi, … - 2020

This paper investigates the role of institutional infrastructures in the financial inclusion-growth nexus for a panel of twenty countries in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA).Employing the System Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), the following insightful outcomes are established. First, while there is...

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Linkages between financial development, financial instability, financial liberalisation and economic growth in Africa

Batuo, Enowbi; Mlambo, Kupukile; Asongu, Simplice - 2017

In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, the implications of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increased scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....

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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...

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