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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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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/10014077939
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Quality of growth empirics : comparative gaps, benchmarking and policy syndromes
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
This study uses a new dataset to provide comparative gaps, benchmarking with best performers and policy syndromes of growth quality in 93 developing countries with data for the period 1990-2011. Sigma and Beta estimation strategies are used to provide between and within cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011721104
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Quality of growth empirics : comparative gaps, benchmarking and policy syndromes
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - In: Journal of policy modeling : JPMOD ; a social science … 39 (2017) 5, pp. 861-882
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011792919
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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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The Arab Spring was predictable in 2007 : empirics of proof
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
We model core demands for better governance (political, economic and institutional), more employment and less consumer price inflation using a methodological innovation on the complete elimination of cross-country differences in signals susceptible of sparking social revolts. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794969
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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
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The Arab Spring Was Predictable in 2007 : Empirics of Proof
Asongu, Simplice - 2018
We model core demands for better governance (political, economic and institutional), more employment and less consumer price inflation using a methodological innovation on the complete elimination of cross-country differences in signals susceptible of sparking social revolts. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012931609
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Revolution empirics : predicting the Arab Spring
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014
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/10011409159