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In this paper, we estimate the behavior of private consumption in Cote d’Ivoire under the permanent income hypothesis using annual data for the period 1970–2016. The first objective is to test the validity of the permanent income hypothesis in Cote d’Ivoire. Our second concern is to...
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Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) is a government-sponsored microfinance program. The scheme is based on four features: group lending with joint liability, progressive lending, back-ended subsidy, and social capital. We propose a new model of SGSY having these features: group lending...
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This paper analyzes the contribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) to economic growth in Côte d'Ivoire, for the …
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by currency weakness and credit downgrades. The study investigated if public debt can influence public investment and … investment. Since there is direct link between investment and economic growth, there is an inverse relationship in the public …
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, domestic investment does not depends on domestic savings but depends on the pool of international savings. Panel data on … domestic savings and domestic investment and hence higher capital mobility in West Africa. The result also confirmed that the … domestic savings and domestic investments of 13 West African countries, spanning from 1980 to 2011 are used to run a series of …
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To enhance the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) and ultimately to increase the economic growth, the countries …
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Asymmetries in the Vietnamese lending central bank's policy-related rate spread were documented. Empirical results revealed that the spread adjusts to the threshold faster when the central bank's policy-related rates decrease relative to the lending rates than when the central bank's...
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This paper empirically examines the long-run pass through of the official exchange rates into trade balance in Nigeria by means of threshold cointegration and asymmetric error correction modeling. The study provides evidence for non-linear cointegration between our variables of interest. The...
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We recommend a major shift in the Econometrics curriculum for both graduate and undergraduate teaching. It is essential to include a range of topics that are still rarely addressed in such teaching, but are now vital for understanding and conducting empirical macroeconomic research. We focus on...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the weak-form market efficiency hypothesis (EMH) for 8 African Frontier markets between 2001 and 2017. To achieve this purpose, we employ unit root testing procedures which are robust to both nonlinearities and smooth structural breaks, making this study...
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