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Global software piracy, technology and property rights institutions
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study extends the literature on fighting software piracy by investigating how Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regimes interact with technology to mitigate software piracy when existing levels of piracy are considered. Two technology metrics (internet penetration rate and number of PC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183241
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Tourism, ICT and inclusive development: global evidence
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
This study empirically examines the effect of tourism and ICT on inclusive development. Inclusive development is …, internet penetration and fixed broadband subscription and a composite indicator of these, while tourism is approached as a the … regression. The results of the linear model show that, tourism enhances sustainable development and ICT has a negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013257112
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Tourism, ICT and Inclusive Development : Global Evidence
Nchofoung, Tii; Asongu, Simplice; S. Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
This study empirically examines the effect of tourism and ICT on inclusive development. Inclusive development is …, internet penetration and fixed broadband subscription and a composite indicator of these, while tourism is approached as a the … regression. The results of the linear model show that, tourism enhances sustainable development and ICT has a negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013405562
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Backwardness advantage and economic growth in the information age : a cross-country empirical study
Vu, Khuong; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This paper seeks to gain insights into whether developing countries benefit more from the backwardness advantage for economic growth in the Information Age. The paper examines this concern through three complementary approaches. First, it derives theoretical grounds from the existing economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251917
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Aid, terrorism, and foreign direct investment : empirical insight conditioned on corruption control
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; … - In: International economic journal 32 (2018) 4, pp. 610-630
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Comparative determinants of quality of growth in developing countries
Asongu, Simplice; Asongu, Ndemaze - In: International journal of happiness and development 4 (2018) 1, pp. 65-89
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Conditional linkages between iron ore exports, foreign aid and terrorism
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
We employ interactive quantile regressions to assess conditional linkages between foreign aid, iron ore exports and terrorism from a panel of 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. The following main findings are established. First, it is primarily in the countries with the highest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542271
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Foreign direct investment, aid and terrorism : empirical insight conditioned on corruption control
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2015
This study checks the effect of foreign aid on terrorism and FDI, conditioned on domestic levels of corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 countries for the period 1984-2008. The following findings are established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408857
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Foreign Aid and Corruption : Clarifying Murky Empirical Conclusions
Efobi, Uchenna - 2019
This note reconciles an on-going debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by introducing a previously missing heterogeneity dimension of aid. The relationship was estimated using dynamic system GMM and quantile regressions (QR). Results show that both narratives in the debate are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012904576
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Aid, Terrorism, and Foreign Direct Investment : Empirical Insight Conditioned on Corruption Control
Efobi, Uchenna - 2018
This paper examines the effect of foreign aid in the terrorism-FDI nexus while considering the extent of domestic corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 developing countries. The following findings are established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908025