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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...

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Fighting terrorism in Africa : complementarity between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability

Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Singh, Pritam - 2020

the fight against terrorism in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. Hence the policy variables employed in the …

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Fighting terrorism in Africa when existing terrorism levels matter

Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa; Asongu, Ndemaze; … - 2019

This study examines policy tools in the fight against terrorism when existing levels of terrorism matter in 53 African … and total terrorism dynamics. The following findings are established. First, counterterrorism policy instruments of … terrorism with a negative threshold effect. Political stability estimates are consistently significant with increasing negative …

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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...

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The Arab Spring was predictable in 2007 : empirics of proof

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017

We model core demands for better governance (political, economic and institutional), more employment and less consumer price inflation using a methodological innovation on the complete elimination of cross-country differences in signals susceptible of sparking social revolts. The empirical...

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A good turn deserves another : political stability, corruption and corruption-control

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

We build on existing literature and contemporary challenges to African development to assess the role of political stability in fighting corruption and boosting corruption-control in 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. We postulate that on the one hand, an atmosphere of political...

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The role of lifelong learning in political stability and non-violence : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014

Purpose - Education as a weapon in the fight against conflict and violence remains widely debated in policy and academic circles. Against the background of growing political instability in Africa and the central role of the knowledge economy in 21st century development, this paper provides three...

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Not all that glitters is gold : political stability and trade in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Kossele, Thales P. Yapatake; Nnanna, … - 2021

This study examines linkages between political stability and trade openness dynamics in a panel of 44 countries in SSA from 1996 to 2016. The empirical evidence is based on the generalized method of moments. From the findings, the negative relationship between political stability and merchandise...

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Social media and the fragility of Africa

Ngassam, Sylvain Bertelet; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2024

This research empirically analyzes the effect of social media on fragility. It goes beyond political grounds which oppose techno-optimistic to techno-pessimistic perceptions of the impact of social media to analyze its consequences on global, Security fragility, economic and social fragilities....

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Military expenditure, terrorism and capital flight : insights from Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph - 2016

In spite of the growing consensus of the need to utilise military expenditure to help combat terrorism, our … understanding of the threshold at which military expenditure reduces the effect of terrorism stemming from capital flight remains … terrorism, 5.734 to 7.363 for unclear terrorism and 4.710 to 6.617 for total terrorism. No thresholds are apparent in …

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