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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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An empirical analysis of human trafficking in an era of globalization
Malah, Yselle F.; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
The paper explores the dark side of economic openness by examining empirically the nexus between the globalization … and exploitation of human beings. After discussing some transmission channels through which globalization could increase … specificities and controlling for social, cultural and historical factors, suggest that globalization, particularly financial and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012489867
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Foreign investment, international trade and environmental sustainability : exploring ecological footprints in 37 African countries
Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Emeka, Ekene; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2022
This study complements existing literature by examining the short-run heterogeneous and longrun homogeneous impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade on ecological footprints in 37 African countries for the period 1990 to 2019. Utilizing the pooled mean group estimator,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013389150
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Foreign investment, international trade and environmental sustainability : exploring ecological footprints in 37 African countries
Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Emeka, Ekene; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2023
This study complements existing literature by examining the short-run heterogeneous and longrun homogeneous impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade on ecological footprints in 37 African countries for the period 1990 to 2019. Utilizing the pooled mean group estimator,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339611
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Dynamic determinants of access to weapons : global evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2019
This study investigates the determinants of and persistence in access to weapons using a global sample of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments (GMM). Hysteresis in access to weapons is consistently more apparent in countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998027
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The right to life : global evidence on the role of security officers and the police in modulating the effect of insecurity on homicide
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Pyke, Chris - 2018
The study investigates the role of security officers and the police in dampening the effect of insecurity on homicides. Insecurity dynamics are measured in terms of access to weapons, violent crime, perception of criminality and political instability. The geographical and temporal scopes are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998208
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The persistence of global terrorism
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060728
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The persistence of weapons : global evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2019
This study investigates persistence (or hysteresis) in weapons using a panel of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The following are some main findings. (i) Compared to countries that are landlocked, persistence in heavy weapons is more apparent in nations that are open to the sea. (ii)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107828