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Institutions and FDI : evidence from developed and developing countries

Sabir, Samina; Rafique, Anum; Abbas, Kamran - In: Financial innovation : FIN 5 (2019) 8, pp. 1-20

This study investigates the impact of institutional quality on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows using panel data for low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high-income countries for the sample period of 1996-2016 using the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). The empirical results...

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Global uncertainty and potential shelters : gold, bitcoin, and currencies as weak and strong safe havens for main world stock markets

Feder-Sempach, Ewa; Szczepocki, Piotr; Bogołębska, Joanna - In: Financial innovation : FIN 10 (2024), pp. 1-23

primary world stock market indices-the S&P 500, Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100, DAX, STOXX Europe 600, and Nikkei … the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and an international investor perspective focusing on the world's leading stock … markets. We extend earlier studies by analyzing the interrelations of the world's lead‑ ing stock market indices with fve …

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Asymmetric threshold effects of digitization on inflation in emerging markets

Emara, Noha; Zecheru, Daniela - In: Financial innovation : FIN 10 (2024), pp. 1-32

This paper analyzes the dynamic asymmetric effects of digitization on domestic inflation for a sample of 54 advanced economies (AEs) and emerging markets (EMs) over the period 2004-2018. Using Katz and Calorda's Digital Ecosystem Development Index and employing the system Generalized Method of...

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Exploring bitcoin dynamics against the backdrop of COVID-19 : an investigation of major global events

Guo, Xiaochun - In: Financial innovation : FIN 10 (2024), pp. 1-25

COVID-19 has signifcantly infuenced global fnancial markets, including Bitcoin. Recent studies have focused on investigating the frst wave of the COVID-19 outbreak and accounting for market changes, which were mostly due to the pandemic. This research not only analyzes the contagion efects of...

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Invigorating foreign aid administration : remittances' strategy, pro-poor and gender focus

Adedokun, Adebayo - In: Financial innovation : FIN 1 (2015) 12, pp. 1-12

Background: The pitfall of top-down approach to development is identified as a major cause of aid inefficiency. The approach is fraught with corruption and unethical practices that have bedeviled aid administration. Meanwhile, the impact of remittances has been widely acknowledged in the...

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Do migrant remittances matter for financial development in Kenya?

Misati, Roseline Nyakerario; Kamau, Anne; Nassir, Hared - In: Financial innovation : FIN 5 (2019) 31, pp. 1-25

The paper analyzes the relationship between remittances and financial development using Kenyan quarterly data from 2006 to 2016. Five different indicators of financial development are used: credit to the private sector as a share of GDP, the number of mobile transactions, the value of these...

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Impact of petroleum and non-petroleum indices on financial development in Oman

Al-Shubiri, Faris Nasif; Tawfik, Omar Ikbal; Jamil, … - In: Financial innovation : FIN 6 (2020) 15, pp. 1-22

This study analyzes the impact of petroleum and non-petroleum indices on the financial development of the Sultanate of Oman from 1978 to 2017. To this end, it uses the petroleum proxy of oil rents (% of gross domestic product, GDP) and the non-petroleum proxy of industry (including construction)...

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Financial sector development and economic growth : evidence from Cameroon

Puatwoe, Janice Tieguhong; Piabuo, Serge Mandiefe - In: Financial innovation : FIN 3 (2017) 25, pp. 1-25

For decades, African economies have embarked on financial sector reforms. However, the empirical implications of these reforms have been divergent. This paper investigates the impact of financial development on Economic growth using time series data in Cameroon. This investigation was carried...

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The comparative African regional economics of globalization in financial allocation efficiency : the pre-crisis era revisited

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Tchamyou, Vanessa - In: Financial innovation : FIN 6 (2020) 3, pp. 1-41

This study assesses the role of globalization-fueled regionalization policies on the financial allocation efficiency of … dependent variables and seven bundled and unbundled globalization variables are employed as independent indicators. The bundling … to trade openness and most sensitive to globalization. The relationship between allocation efficiency and globalization …

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Impact of global financial crunch on financially innovative microfinance institutions in South Asia

Mustafa, Faisal; Khursheed, Ambreen; Fatima, Maham - In: Financial innovation : FIN 4 (2018) 13, pp. 1-11

The wave of global financial crises (2008–2009) caused a surge in the capital flows of developed countries particularly, between developed and developing countries. The crunch hit all financial sectors with unanticipated severity. The study evaluates the role of a country’s political...

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