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Asongu, Simplice; Biekpe, Nicholas - 2017

general globalisation variables are employed and the empirical evidence is based on Fixed Effects regressions and Generalised … globalisation and general globalisation increase transnational terrorism. Economic globalisation reduces domestic terrorism …. Political globalisation, social globalisation and general globalization positively affect unclear terrorism. Social …

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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,...

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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,...

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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....

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FDI, Aid, Terrorism : Conditional Threshold Evidence from Developing Countries

Asongu, Simplice - 2015

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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...

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The Persistence of Global Terrorism

Asongu, Simplice - 2021

This study investigates persistence of global terrorism in a panel of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. The following findings are established. First, persistence in terrorism is a decreasing function of income levels...

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The Terrorism-Finance Nexus Contingent on Globalisation and Governance Dynamics in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nchofoung, Tii - 2021

This study empirically verifies the effect of terrorism on financial development and how globalisation and governance modulate the incidence of terrorism on financial development in Africa. Two terrorism indicators are adopted for this study, namely, the: number of terrorism incidences and...

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Globalization, Governance and the Green Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa : Policy Thresholds

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2021

This study assesses how globalization modulates the effect of governance on CO2 emissions in sub-Saharan African countries. The empirical evidence is based on Generalized Method of Moments. The minimum level (or negative threshold) of FDI required for it to interact with political stability and...

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