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Financial development, inflation and growth in selected West African countries
Raheem, Ibrahim Dolapo; Oyinlola, Mutiu Abimbola - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 7 (2015) 2, pp. 91-99
Nigeria, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire for periods between 1970 and 2010. The threshold value of inflation that could ensure … with estimates that suggest that the threshold level of inflation is between 5% and 10% per annum for Ghana, and 15% per …
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The nexus between output fluctuations and fiscal deficits: empirical evidence on Ghana
Augustt, Rosemond Mahu; Adu, George; Frimpong, Prince Boakye - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 7 (2015) 2, pp. 100-117
Ghana is presently confronted with persistent budget deficits and burgeoning public debt in excess of 52% of GDP and …'s long term growth and debt sustainability. Though the persistent deficit is a common knowledge, the driving force behind the … and output fluctuations in Ghana. With cyclical component of annual real GDP and fiscal deficit to GDP ratio time series …
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The causal relationship between house prices and growth in the nine provinces of South Africa: evidence from panel - Granger causality tests
Chang, Tsangyao; Simo-Kengne, Beatrice D.; Gupta, Rangan - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 345-358
This paper analyses the causal relationship between housing activity and growth in nine provinces of South Africa for the period 1995-2011, using panel causality analysis, which accounts for cross-section dependency and heterogeneity across provinces. Our empirical results support unidirectional...
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Impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth in CEMAC region: an analysis of transmission mechanisms
Nkoa, Bruno Emmanuel Ongo - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 303-326
The aims of this paper are firstly to access the contribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) to economic growth in countries of the countries CEMAC region, and secondly to show how these foreign investments contribute to the growth of the CEMAC. The basic theory is that of endogenous growth....
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Impact of renminbi exchange rate expectation on China's foreign exchange reserves: an empirical analysis
Du, Jiancheng; Ge, Jiaoju; Qiao, Jin - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 327-344
Compared with the previous researches giving scattered and qualitative discussions about the exchange rate expectation China's foreign exchange reserves (FER), this paper conducted an empirical research by adding the exchange rate expectation. Starting from the evolution path of RMB exchange...
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Green productivity: clarifying terminology and concepts
Besco, Laurel - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 406-425
Employing and adjusting conventional productivity measures to represent the (mis)use of natural capital in production processes has recently generated increased interest. However, the literature relating to natural capital and productivity is highly fragmented, at times uses different...
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Surreptitious structure of the Turkish financial crisis 2000-2001
Ozkaya, Ata - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 359-380
In this paper, we develop a comprehensive framework to obtain a 'broad definition' of overall public debt stock accumulation in Turkey. To do this first, we identify 'invisible balance' of public sector incurred from politically backed (informal) off-budget debt-creating transactions among...
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Postharvest loss estimation of cut rose (Rosa hybrida) flower farms: economic analysis in East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia
Aman, Mohammed - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 1, pp. 82-95
Despite the sector's role of sustaining economic growth, there is considerable loss in rose cut flower production due to improper postharvest handling. This study's survey was conducted from first week of February to last week of April, 2011 in three districts of East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia for...
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Rule of law and the environmental Kuznets curve: evidence for carbon emissions
Castiglione, Concetta; Infante, Davide; Smirnova, Janna - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 4 (2012) 3, pp. 254-269
In response to the growing body of literature on the relationship between the environment and institutions, this study investigates how the rule of law influences the turning point of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). Using Bradford et al.'s (2005) and Leitão's (2010) alternative...
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Are stock markets influenced by sustainability matter? Evidence from European companies
Moneva, Jose M.; Ortas, Eduardo - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 1 (2008) 1, pp. 1-16
performance of a company and its financial performance measured by stock market value. Belonging to the Dow Jones Sustainability … Index, disclosing a Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Report and Sustainable Ratings are used as proxies for … sustainability. This article is based on sustainability as a multivariate issue, and exploratory factor analysis is used to model the …
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