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Patterns and drivers of financial sector growth in the digital age : insights from a study of industrialized economies

Vu, Khuong; Asongu, Simplice - 2023

robust advancements in labor productivity. Next, the primary drivers of labor productivity growth and convergence across many … economies were driven by total factor productivity, labor quality, and digital transformation. Lastly, digital transformation … not only directly contributed to the augmentation of labor productivity, as quantified through growth accounting …

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Responsible use of crop protection products and Nigeria's growth enhancement support scheme

Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2018

We examine the impact of the federal government of Nigeria's (FGN) growth enhancement support scheme (GESS) on responsible use of crop protection products (CPPs) in rural Nigeria. Results from the use of logistic regressions show that GESS significantly impact on farmers' access to CP Ps, but...

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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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Essential information sharing thresholds for reducing market power in financial access : a study of the African banking industry

Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2016

This study investigates the role of information sharing offices (public credit registries and private credit bureaus) in reducing market power for financial access in the African banking industry. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 162 banks from 42 countries for the period 2001-2011....

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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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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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Reducing information asymmetry with ICT : a critical review of loan price and quantity effects in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara - 2016

This study investigates loan price and quantity effects of information sharing offices with ICT, in a panel of 162 banks consisting of 42 African countries for the period 2001-2011.The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments and Instrumental Quantile Regressions. Our...

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Information sharing and banking efficiency in Africa : a disaggregated panel data analysis

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

The study assesses the how information sharing by means of mobile phones affects banking system efficiency in Africa with particular emphasis on income levels (Middle income versus Low income countries) and legal origins (English Common law versus French Civil law countries). The focus is on 53...

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The impact of e-wallet on informal farm entrepreneurship development in rural Nigeria

Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2018

Transforming agriculture from a largely subsistence enterprise to a profitable commercial venture is both a prerequisite and a driving force for accelerated development and sustainable growth in su b - Saharan Africa. The objective of this investigation is to assess the impact of the Federal...

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Improving financial access in Africa : insights from information sharing and financial sector development

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

The study investigates interactions between information sharing offices, the coexistence of financial sub-systems and financial access. The empirical evidence is based on Quantile regressions in order to articulate countries with low, intermediate and high levels of financial access. The scope...

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