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Natural resource exports, foreign aid and terrorism
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
Linkages between foreign aid, terrorism and natural resource (fuel and iron ore) exports are investigated in this study … specifications corresponding to iron ore exports do not hold. Second, there is evidence of convergence in fuel exports. Third … consistently positive on fuel exports. Fourth, the interaction between terrorism and aid dynamics consistently display negative …
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Conditional determinants of FDI in fast emerging economies : an instrumental quantile regression approach
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2015
increases FDI with a larger magnitude in Higher FDI countries. Third, the impact of trade openness has a Kuznets shape for Gross …
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Drivers of FDI in fast growing developing countries : evidence from bundling and unbundling governance
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015
We assess drivers of FDI in a panel of BRICS and MINT countries for the period 2001-2011. We bundle and unbundle governance determinants using a battery of contemporary and non-contemporary estimation techniques. The following findings are established. First, for both contemporary and...
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FDI in selected developing countries : evidence from bundling and unbundling governance
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
The objective of this study is to assess governance drivers of FDI in a panel of BRICS and MINT countries for the period 2001-2011. We bundle and unbundle governance determinants using a battery of contemporary and non-contemporary estimation techniques. Our findings reveal the following:...
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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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FDI and growth in the MENA countries : are the GCC countries different?
Gammoudi, Mouna; Cherif, Mondher; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2016
This paper examines the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for the period 1985-2009. The empirical evidence is based on an endoeneity-robust Generalised Method of Moments. Results show...
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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
positive for GDP growth, it is negative for real GDP output. Fifth, while trade openness is positive in bottom quantiles of GDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408841
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Financial reforms and industrialisation : evidence from Nigeria
Folarin, Oludele E. - 2019
Nigeria adopted the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) in 1986 after the crash in world oil price in the early 1980s. Financial reforms are part of the reforms implemented during the SAP. Since, industrialisation is seen as an engine of growth, we conduct an empirical assessment of the...
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Governance, capital flight and industrialisation in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
The study examines the role of governance in modulating the effect of capital flight on industrialisation in Africa. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments and governance is bundled by principal component analysis, namely: (i) political governance from political...
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