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Financial development, environmental quality, trade and economic growth : what causes what in MENA countries
Omri, Anis; Daly, Saida; Rault, Christophe; Chaibi, Anissa - 2015
This paper examines the relationship between financial development, CO2 emissions, trade and economic growth using simultaneous-equation panel data models for a panel of 12 MENA countries over the period 1990-2011. Our results indicate that there is evidence of bidirectional causality between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488272
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"Even" after access to financial services? : ricocheting gender equations
Arun, Shoba; Annim, Samuel Kobina; Arun, Thankom - 2016
The paper focuses on women's financial behaviour in their use of higher order financial services in Ghana and South Africa, inviting a gendered and social analysis of deconstructing financial behaviour. Women in South Africa are more likely to use general financial products than in Ghana, though...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518019
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Adopting mobile money : evidence from an experiment in rural Africa
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2020
Who uses mobile money? What is mobile money used for? This paper describes the mobile money adoption patterns following the experimental introduction of mobile money for the first time in rural areas of Southern Mozambique. We use a combination of administrative and household survey data to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164537
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Can a mobile-app-based behavioral intervention teach financial skills to youth? : experimental evidence from a financial diaries study
Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Herrera, Alejandro; Prina, … - 2023
We study the impact of a mobile-app-based behavioral intervention on youth's financial literacy and financial behavior. To maximize the chances to reach out-of-school youth, we provided access to a user-friendly budget recording tool coupled with biweekly enumerators' visits and SMSs during a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311951
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Financial sector regulation and reforms in emerging markets : an overview
Prasad, Eswar S. - 2010
as they attempt to reform their frameworks for financial regulation. These economies are striving to balance the quest … objectives can in fact reinforce one another. I also discuss aspects of macroeconomic policies and cross-border regulation that … regulation ; financial development ; emerging markets ; financial inclusion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153059
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Epidemic exposure, financial technology, and the digital divide
Brausewetter, Lars; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Trunzer, Johannes - 2022
exploit a dataset combining Gallup World Polls and Global Findex surveys for some 250,000 individuals in 140 countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172856
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The welfare effects of globalization with labor market regulation
Palokangas, Tapio K. - 2015
contributions to the latter's decisions. Both a shift from national to international regulation and a decrease in trade costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347148
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On the boundaries of the shadow economy : an empirical investigation
Manes, Eran; Schneider, Friedrich; Tchetchik, Anat - 2016
support to this view. We find that in countries with less stringent job market regulation the long-run impact of Unemployment … faster in countries with looser job-market regulation, compared with countries with stricter regulation. These findings have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517459
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Remittances, financial development, and growth
Giuliano, Paola (contributor);  … - 2006
Despite the increasing importance of remittances in total international capital flows, the relationship between remittances and growth has not been adequately studied. This paper studies one of the links between remittances and growth, in particular how local financial sector development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003333108
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Thresholds in the process of international financial integration
Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar S.; Taylor, Ashley D. - 2009
The financial crisis has re-ignited the fierce debate about the merits of financial globalization and its implications for growth, especially for developing countries. The empirical literature has not been able to conclusively establish the presumed growth benefits of financial integration....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831857