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Exploring multidimensional financial inclusion and manufacturing firms performance in a developing country : the case of Nigeria
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Tanankem, Belmondo V.; … - 2016
firms in Nigeria. Most studies that have considered financial inclusion have largely focused on household access to the … developing countries like Nigeria. On the one hand, financial inclusion is measured using a multidimensional measure, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586922
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Bundling governance : finance versus institutions in private investment promotion
Asongu, Simplice A.; Batuo, Enowbi; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015
Purpose - The study extends the debate on finance versus institutions in the promotion of investment documented by Acemoglu and Johnson (2005), Ali (2013) and Asongu (2014). We assess the effects of various components of governance on private investment, notably: political, economic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417473
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Linkages and spillover effects of South African foreign direct investment in Botswana and Kenya
Nandonde, Felix Adamu; Adu-Gyamfi, Richard; Mmusi, Tinaye S. - 2019
In recent decades, the impact of South African foreign direct investment in Africa has been captured by research and policy. This paper investigates linkages and spillover effects of South African foreign direct investment in Botswana and Kenya. The study uses primary data to investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030506
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Industrial growth in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from machine learning with insights from nightlight satellite images
Otchia, Christian Samen; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
This study uses nightlight time data and machine learning techniques to predict industrial development in Africa. The results provide the first evidence on how machine learning techniques and nightlight data can be used to predict economic development in places where subnational data are missing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052994
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The role of value added across economic sectors in modulating the effects of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics
Asongu, Simplice; Meniago, Christelle; Salahodjaev, Raufhon - 2021
This study investigates: (i) the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) and economic growth dynamics, and (ii) the relevance of value added from three economic sectors in modulating the established effect of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798944
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Financial access and value added in Sub-Saharan Africa : empirical evidence from the agricultural, manufacturing and service sectors
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022
This research assesses the importance of financial access on value added in three economic sectors in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using data for the period 1980-2014. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments. Financial access is measured with private domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817812
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The white man's burden : on the effect of African resistance to European domination
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A.; Cinyabuguma, … - 2016
Are there contemporary development effects of African resistance to European domination? This question is the primary issue addressed by this inquiry. We establish that African resistance has had adverse effects on post-colonial African development and discuss possible channels of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496363
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Capital inflow and industrial performance in Nigeria : including the excluded
Adekunle, Ibrahim Ayoade; Ogunade, Ayomide Olayinka; … - 2020
credence has been leaned to the capital inflow-industrial output growth relationship in Nigeria. This anomaly has resulted in … performance in Nigeria. The paper employed the two-step Engle and Granger estimation procedure and the Granger Causality to … estimate parameters of the indices of industrial output growth and capital inflows to Nigeria. Findings revealed that labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012205410
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Electronic wallet technology and the enabling environment of smallholder farmers in Nigeria
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
) in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach - This paper adopts a survey research technique, aimed at gathering information … exist at present. A total of one thousand, two hundred farmers were sampled across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria … country. Practical implication - This implies that if the federal government of Nigeria is to work towards an ideal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051858
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Linking supervisor incivility with job embeddedness and cynicism : the mediating role of employee self-efficacy
Alola, Uju Violet; Asongu, Simplice; Alola, Andrew Adewale - 2019
frontline employees of five- and four-star hotels in Nigeria. The findings reveal that supervisor incivility has a negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137789