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Comment on Lof, Mekasha, and Tarp (2014)
Herzer, Dierk; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Dreher, Axel; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 70 (2015), pp. 389-396
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The long-run effect of aid on domestic output
Herzer, Dierk (contributor); Morrissey, Oliver (contributor) - 2009
positive). Second, we use a general-to-specific variable selection approach to systematically search for country … and government size. -- Aid ; Domestic output ; Heterogeneous panel cointegration techniques ; General …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003867812
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FDI, aid, terrorism : conditional threshold evidence from developing countries
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2015
We investigate how foreign aid dampens the effects of terrorism on FDI using interactive quantile regressions. The empirical evidence is based on 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Bilateral and multilateral aid variables are used, while terrorism dynamics entail: domestic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011312327
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The Role of Globalization in Modulating the Effect of Environmental Degradation on Inclusive Human Development
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study assesses how globalisation modulates the effect of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), using data for the period 2000 to 2012. The empirical results are based on the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). The following...
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Foreign Aid, Terrorism and Growth : Conditional Evidence from Quantile Regression
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
In this study, we investigate the role of development assistance in reducing a hypothetically negative impact of terrorism on economic growth, using a panel of 78 developing nations with data for the period 1984-2008. The empirical evidence is based on interactive Quantile regressions. Domestic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897568
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Determinants of Growth in Fast Developing Countries : Evidence from Bundling and Unbundling Institutions
Asongu, Simplice - 2016
Purpose – We assess growth determinants in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey) fast-developing nations for the period 2001-2011. Particular emphasis is laid on the bundling and unbundling of ten governance dynamics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013004879
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FDI, Aid, Terrorism : Conditional Threshold Evidence from Developing Countries
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
We investigate how foreign aid dampens the effects of terrorism on FDI using interactive quantile regressions. The empirical evidence is based on 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Bilateral and multilateral aid variables are used, while terrorism dynamics entail: domestic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021930
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ICT for sustainable development : global comparative evidence of globalisation thresholds
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
The objectives of this paper are to investigate the effect of ICT on sustainable development and the mechanisms through which the effect is modulated. The methodology involves the: (i) Fixed Effects estimator to control for individual heterogeneity, (ii) Driscoll and Kraay estimator to control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650702
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FDI in selected developing countries : evidence from bundling and unbundling governance
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
Net FDI. Secondly, the significance of the governance dynamics in increasing order of magnitude are general governance …: economic governance, institutional governance, general governance, corruption-control, political governance and political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063760
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Fighting terrorism in Africa : complementarity between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability
Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Singh, Pritam - 2020
This study examines complementarities between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability in the fight against terrorism in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. Hence the policy variables employed in the study are inclusive development, military expenditure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012150496