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FDI and growth in the MENA countries : are the GCC countries different?
Gammoudi, Mouna; Cherif, Mondher; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2016
of institutions. These results are confirmed with both annual data and five year average data. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496344
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On the empirics of institutions and quality of growth : evidence for developing countries
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2015
We explore a newly available dataset on quality of growth to investigate the effect of institutions on growth quality … in 93 developing countries for the period 1990 to 2011. Quality of institutions is measured in term of political risk … established. First, institutions are positively related to the quality of growth. Second, institutions have significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407924
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Historical prevalence of infectious diseases and entrepreneurship : the role of institutions in 125 countries
Messono, Omang O.; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This study examines the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary entrepreneurship …. Drawing on the epidemiological origin of institutions, we propose a framework which argues that the impact of infectious … disease prevalence on contemporary entrepreneurship is mediated by property rights. The central hypothesis posits that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799894
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Determinants of growth in fast developing countries : evidence from bundling and unbundling institutions
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
Purpose - We assess growth determinants in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey) fast-developing nations for the period 2001-2011. Particular emphasis is laid on the bundling and unbundling of ten governance dynamics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408831
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Drivers of growth in fast emerging economies : a dynamic instrumental quantile approach
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This study complements the scarce literature on growth determinants in fast emerging economies of the BRICS and MINT by assessing the determinants throughout the conditional distributions of the growth rate and real GDP output for the period 2001-2011. An instrumenal variable (IV) quantile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408841
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Law, political stability, tourism management and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Rahman, Mushfiqur; Nnanna, Joseph - 2022
This study complements the extant literature by assessing how the rule of law and political stability modulate tourism development dynamics (i.e. tourism receipts and tourism expenditure) to affect economic development in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. The study focuses on 47...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242055
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The impact of tourism development on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Nyasha, Sheilla; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study examines the dynamic impact of tourism development on economic growth in subSaharan Africa (SSA) using the Generalised Method of Moments and data covering the period from 2002 to 2018. The increasingly important role of tourism and the limelight the tourism sector has been enjoying of...
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Environmental pollution, economic growth and institutional quality : exploring the nexus in Nigeria
Egbetokun, Samuel; Osabuohien, Evans; Akinbobola, … - 2019
The interaction between environmental pollution and economic growth determines the achievement of the green growth objective of developing economies. An economy turns around the inverted U-shaped Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) when pollution is effectively dampened by social, political and...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822294