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Political inclusion and democracy in Africa : some empirical evidence
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021
This study investigates: (i) the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) and economic growth dynamics, and (ii) the relevance of value added from three economic sectors in modulating the established effect of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799011
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Gender political inclusion and democracy in Africa: some empirical evidence
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
The objective of this study is to examine the effect of political inclusion on democracy in Africa. The results of the … analyses through the OLS, system GMM, IV-Tobit and IV-2SLS show that gender political inclusion enhances democracy in Africa …. This result is robust across alternative specifications of political inclusion and democracy. Besides, the results equally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013348474
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A comparative study of export processing zones in the wake of sustainable development goals : cases of Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
Adu-Gyamfi, Richard; Asongu, Simplice; Mmusi, Tinaye S.; … - 2020
The objective of this research is to assess the extent to which export processing zones in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania … programmes. We found that firms in Kenya and Zimbabwe have a higher number of male than female employees, while zones in Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219659
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A comparative study of export processing zones in the wake of the Sustainable Development Goals : the cases of Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe
Adu-Gyamfi, Richard; Asongu, Simplice; Mmusi, Tinaye Sonto - 2020
The objective of this research is to assess the extent to which export processing zones in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania … programmes. We found that firms in Kenya and Zimbabwe have a higher number of male than female employees, while zones in Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219735
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Gender political inclusion and democracy in Africa : some empirical evidence
Nchofoung, Tii; Asongu, Simplice; S. Tchamyou, Vanessa; … - 2022
The objective of this study is to examine the effect of political inclusion on democracy in Africa. The results of the … analyses through the OLS, system GMM, IV-Tobit and IV-2SLS show that gender political inclusion enhances democracy in Africa …. This result is robust across alternative specifications of political inclusion and democracy. Besides, the results equally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014077939
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871898
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The Effect of Intelligence on Financial Development : A Cross-Country Comparison
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2015
We assess the correlations between intelligence and financial development in 123 countries using data averages from 2000-2010. Human capital is measured in terms of IQ, cognitive ability & cognitive skills, while financial development is appreciated both from financial intermediary and stock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028343
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The Long Run Stability of Money in the Proposed East African Monetary Union
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
and CUSUMSQ tests, while for the remaining countries (Kenya and Uganda) only partial stability is apparent. In event of a … shock, Kenya will restore its long run equilibrium fastest, followed by Tanzania and Burundi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831622
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Revolution empirics : predicting the Arab Spring
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - In: Empirical economics : a journal of the Institute for … 51 (2016) 2, pp. 439-482
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011550950
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Revolution Empirics : Predicting the Arab Spring
Asongu, Simplice - 2016
The paper examines whether the Arab Spring phenomenon was predictable by complete elimination in the dispersion of core demands for better governance, more jobs and stable consumer prices. A methodological innovation of the Generalized Methods of Moments is employed to assess the feasibility and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013005446