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Foreign direct investment, domestic investment and green growth in Nigeria : any spillovers?
Adejumo, Akintoye Victor; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
Globally, investments in physical and human capital have been identified to foster real economic growth and development … complements or substitutes in varying scenarios. While domestic investments bring about endogenous growth processes, foreign … investment, though may be exogenous to growth, has been identified to bring about productivity and ecological spillovers. In view …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115869
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Finance, governance and inclusive education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
This research assesses the importance of credit access in modulating governance for gender inclusive education in 42 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with data spanning the period 2004- 2014. The Generalized Method of Moments is employed as empirical strategy. The following findings are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228873
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Financial access, governance and insurance sector development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
Purpose - This study investigates the role of financial access in moderating the effect of governance on insurance consumption in 42 Sub-Saharan African countries using data for the period 2004-2014. Design/methodology/approach - Two life insurance indicators are used, notably: life insurance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052983
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Financial access, governance and the persistence of inequality in Africa : mechanisms and policy instruments
Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2020
The aim of this paper is to investigate policy instruments by which the persistence of inequality is affected through financial development channels in 48 African countries for the period 1996 - 2014. Financial dynamic channels of depth (money supply and liquid liabilities), efficiency (at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219686
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A short-run Schumpeterian trip to embryonic African monetary zones
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
services on growth. Causality analysis is performed with seven financial development and three growth indicators in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410296
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Information sharing and conditional financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Anyanwu, John C.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2016
This study examines conditional financial development from information sharing in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011, using contemporary and non-contemporary quantile regressions (QR) which enable the assessment of the effect of information sharing throughout the conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417477
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Financial development and geographic isolation : global evidence
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A.; Cinyabuguma, … - 2016
Using cross-country differences in the degree of isolation before the advent of technologies in sea and air transportation, we assess the relationship between geographic isolation and financial development across the globe. We find that pre-historic geographical isolation has been beneficial to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496342
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Information asymmetry and financial development dynamics in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Tchamyou, … - 2015
We examine policy thresholds of information sharing for financial development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. Public credit registries (PCR) and private credit bureaus (PCB) are used as proxies for reducing information asymmetry whereas financial development includes all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408485
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Genetic distance and cognitive human capital : a cross-national investigation
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This paper explores the determinants of intelligence by focusing on the role played by barriers to the diffusion of competence and human capital. The results based on cross-sectional data from 167 countries consisting of 1996-2009 averages suggest that, genetic distance to global frontiers has a...
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The effects of remittances on output per worker in Sub-Saharan Africa : a production function approach
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if complemented with education. The indirect effects vary with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409201