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Financial Globalisation Uncertainty/Instability Is Good for Financial Development
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
and Structure Database of the World Bank are employed, namely: financial depth (money supply and liquid liabilities … identified by the Financial Development and Structure Database of the World Bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970431
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Globalization and Financial Market Contagion : Evidence from Financial Crisis and Natural Disasters
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
With financial globalization, investors can gain from diversification if returns from financial markets are stable and … recent trends in the world economy: the global financial crisis and the 2011 Japanese natural disasters (tsunami, earthquake …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032544
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Financial Development Dynamic Thresholds of Financial Globalization : Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
globalization remains open to debate in the literature. In this paper, we try to put some empirical structure on the concept of … object is to assess if financial benefits of financial globalization are questionable until greater domestic financial … the financial development benefits of financial globalization. The estimation approach consists of assessing the impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032587
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Financial Development and Pre-Historic Geographical Isolation : Global Evidence
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2017
Using cross-country differences in the degree of isolation before the advent of technologies in sea and air transportation, we assess the relationship between geographic isolation and financial development across the globe. We find that pre-historic geographical isolation has been beneficial to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945807
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Are Financial Benefits of Financial Globalization Questionable Until Greater Domestic Financial Development Has Taken Place?
Asongu, Simplice - 2014
globalization remains open to debate in the literature. In this paper, we try to put some empirical structure on the concept of … object is to assess if financial benefits of financial globalization are questionable until greater domestic financial … financial development benefits of financial globalization. The estimation approach consists of assessing the impact of financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047730
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Financial crisis, financial globalisation and financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2020
This study unites two streams of research by simultaneously focusing on the impact of financial globalisation on financial development and pre- and post-crisis dynamics of the investigated relationship. The empirical evidence is based on 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251924
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Financial development and pre-historic geographical isolation : global evidence
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice; Cinyabuguma, … - 2017
Using cross-country differences in the degree of isolation before the advent of technologies in sea and air transportation, we assess the relationship between geographic isolation and financial development across the globe. We find that pre-historic geographical isolation has been beneficial to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737396
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Assessing marginal, threshold and net effects of financial globalisation on financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
dimensions identified by the Financial Development and Structure Database of the World Bank. The findings consistently reveal: (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011651148
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Trade, Aid and Terror
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
This study assesses the role of foreign aid in reducing the hypothetically negative impact of terrorism on trade using a panel of 78 developing countries with data for the period 1984-2008. The empirical evidence is based on interactive GMM estimations with forward orthogonal deviations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971019
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The 2011 Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis : Evidence of Contagion from International Financial Markets
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
Purpose – Natural disasters may inflict significant damage upon international financial markets. The purpose of this study is to investigate if any contagion effect occurred in the immediate aftermath of the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032608