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Insurance policy thresholds for economic growth in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study investigates the role of insurance in economic growth on a panel of forty-eight countries in Africa for the … period 2004-2014. The research question the study seeks to answer is the following: what thresholds of insurance penetration … positively affect economic growth in Africa? The empirical evidence is based on Generalized Method of Moments. Life insurance …
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Insurance policy thresholds for economic growth in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: The European journal of development research : journal … 32 (2020) 3, pp. 672-689
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Foreign aid, terrorism and growth : conditional evidence from quantile regression
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Biekpe, Nicholas - 2018
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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Drivers of growth in fast emerging economies : a dynamic instrumental quantile approach to real output and its rates of growth in BRICS and MINT countries, 2001-2011
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Applied econometrics and international development 18 (2018) 1, pp. 5-22
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Drivers of growth in fast emerging economies : a dynamic instrumental quantile approach to real output and its rates of growth in BRICS and MINT countries, 2001-2011
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
We analyze the evolution of fast emerging economies of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) and MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria & Turkey) countries, by assessing growth determinants throughout the conditional distributions of the growth rate and real GDP output for the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822294
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The asymmetric effect of internet access on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa : insight from a dynamic panel threshold regression
Idris Abdullahi Abdulqadir; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This article investigates the asymmetric effect of internet access (index of the internet) on economic growth in 42 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries over the period 2008-2018. The estimation procedure is obtained following a dynamic panel threshold regression technique via 1000 bootstrap...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482874
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The asymmetric effect of internet access on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Idris Abdullahi Abdulqadir; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This article investigates the asymmetric effect of internet access (index of the internet) on economic growth in 42 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries over the period 2008-2018.The estimation procedure is obtained following a dynamic panel threshold regression technique via 1000 bootstrap...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012663324
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The asymmetric effect of internet access on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Idris Abdullahi Abdulqadir; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This article investigates the asymmetric effect of internet access (index of the internet) on economic growth in 42 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries over the period 2008-2018. The estimation procedure is obtained following a dynamic panel threshold regression technique via 1000 bootstrap...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012667328
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Effects of political institutions on the external debt-economic growth nexus in Africa
Nounamo, Yann; Asongu, Simplice; Ndieupa, Henri Njangang; … - 2021
The main contribution of this study is the determination of an endogenous threshold of institutional quality, beyond which external debt would affect economic growth differently. The focus is on 14 countries of the African Franc zone over the period 1985-2015. Based on the panel Smooth Threshold...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487026
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Linkages between financial development, financial instability, financial liberalisation and economic growth in Africa
Batuo, Enowbi; Mlambo, Kupukile; Asongu, Simplice - 2017
In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, the implications of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increased scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....
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