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The comparative economics of catch-up in output per worker, total factor productivity and technological gain in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
the beta catch-up and sigma convergence to compare dispersions in output per worker, total factor productivity and ….70% per annum with corresponding time to full catch-up of 25.38 years and 26.01 years respectively. Third, we find sigma-convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407943
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African development : beyond income convergence
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
indicators could support both endogenous and neoclassical growth theories in the convergence debate. This paper investigates … convergence in real per capita GDP and inequality adjusted human development in 38 African countries, disaggregated into 10 … is that the income component of the human development index moves slower than others in the convergence process and thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410273
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Conditional determinants of mobile phones penetration and mobile banking in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
Using twenty-five policy variables, we investigate determinants of mobile phone/banking in 49 Sub-Saharan African countries with data for the year 2011. The determinants are classified into six policy categories, notably: macroeconomic, business/bank, market-related, knowledge economy, external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407897
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Rational asymmetric development : transfer pricing and Sub-Saharan Africa's extreme poverty tragedy
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
A recent publication by the World Bank on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has established that extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), in spite of over two decades of growth resurgence. This chapter explores the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408496
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Revolution empirics : predicting the Arab Spring
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014
The paper examines whether the Arab Spring phenomenon was predictable by complete elimination in the dispersion of core demands for better governance, more jobs and stable consumer prices. A methodological innovation of the Generalized Methods of Moments is employed to assess the feasibility and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409159
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The paradox of governance and natural resource rents in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022
In this study, nexuses between governance and natural resource rents are assessed in 44 sub-Saharan African countries using data for the period 1996-2016. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions. The findings show that political governance (entailing “voice &...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013041366
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Governance and renewable energy consumption in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2021
The purpose of this study is to assess the nexus between governance and renewable energy consumption in sub-Saharan Africa. The focus is on 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with data from 1996 to 2016. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions. It is apparent from the findings that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012544811
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The Green Economy and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Avoidable Thresholds and Thresholds for Complementary Policies
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
The study examines nexuses between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, renewable energy consumption and inequality in 39 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2004-2014. The empirical evidence is based on Quantile regressions. First, in the 25th quantile of the inequality distributions, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404454
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Inequality and renewable energy consumption in sub-Saharan Africa : implication for high income countries
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
The study investigates conclusions from the scholarly literature that for low and middleincome countries, higher income inequality is linked with lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Using a sample of 39 sub-Saharan countries consisting of lower- and middleincome countries, this study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012321077
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Inequality, finance and renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
The study investigates linkages between financial development, income inequality and renewable energy consumption from 39 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on data for the period 2004-2014, Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and Quantile Regressions (QR). The GMM...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314249