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Aid, terrorism, and foreign direct investment : empirical insight conditioned on corruption control

Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2018

corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 developing countries. The following findings are …

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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 …

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A revisit of the natural resource curse in the tourism industry

Ngassam, Sylvain Bertelet; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2023

rate, political stability and corruption shape the relationship between natural resources and tourism revenues. This study …. Second, above certain thresholds, natural resources curse the tourism sector through the corruption of exchange rate. These … activities that generate corruption and the adoption of appropriate exchange rate regime is recommended but this requires further …

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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...

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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...

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Technology and persistence in global software piracy

Asongu, Simplice; Meniago, Christelle - 2018

This study examines the persistence of software piracy with internet penetration vis-à-vis of PC users, conditional on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) institutions. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 99 countries for the period 1994-2010 and the Generalised Method of Moments. The...

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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...

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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)...

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Effects of globalization on peace and stability : implications for governance and the knowledge economy of African countries

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S.; Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, … - 2017

We argue that there exists an indirect link between globalization and the knowledge economy of African countries in which globalization influences 'peace and stability' and peace and stability affects governance, and through governance the knowledge economy. We model the link as a three-stage...

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Persistence in incarcerations : global comparative evidence

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to assess how incarcerations persist across the world. The focus is on 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. Design/methodology/approach - The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. In order to increase room for policy...

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