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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496420
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Information asymmetry and market power in the African banking industry
Boateng, Agyenim; Asongu, Simplice; Akamavi, Raphael; … - 2016
banking industry. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 162 banks from 42 countries for the period 2001-2011. Five …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530068
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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
) in reducing market power for financial access in the African banking industry. The empirical evidence is based on a panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542416
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542439
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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 … banking system efficiency. The following findings are established: (i) mobile phone penetration promotes banking system … efficiency in the 25th quantile and the median of banking system efficiency in low income countries while for middle income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817804
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Information asymmetry and conditional financial sector development
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
Purpose- The purpose of this study is to examine the role of reducing information asymmetry (IA) on conditional financial sector development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. Design/methodology/approach- The empirical evidence is based on contemporary and non-contemporary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698474
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ICT, information asymmetry and market power in the African banking industry
Asongu, Simplice; Biekpe, Nicholas - 2017
This study assesses how market power in the African banking industry is affected by the complementarity between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011668538
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Bank size, information sharing and financial access in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
Purpose - This study investigates how bank size affects the role of information asymmetry on financial access in a panel of 162 banks in 39 African countries for the period 2001-2011. Design/methodology/approach - The empirical evidence is based on instrumental variable Fixed Effects regressions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737414
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The mobile phone, information sharing and financial sector development in Africa : a quantile regressions approach
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study investigates linkages between the mobile phone, information sharing offices (ISO) and financial sector development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. ISO are private credit bureaus and public credit registries. The empirical evidence is based on contemporary and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997617
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ICT in reducing information asymmetry for financial sector competition
Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2018
In this study, we examine the role of information and communication technology in complementing information sharing bureaus (or private credit bureaus and public credit registries) for financial sector competition. Hitherto unexplored dimensions of financial sector competition are employed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998231