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Social media use for offline political action (OPA) and corruption in Africa : impacts and transmission channels
Ngassam, Sylvain Bertelet; Asongu, Simplice; Ngueleweu, … - 2023
effective civil society participation and the improvement of the quality of democracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014368528
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Tourism and Social Media in the World : An Empirical Investigation
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
The study examines the relationship between tourism and social media from a cross section of 138 countries with data for the year 2012.The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares, Negative Binomial and Quantile regressions. Two main findings are established. First, there is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897187
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Tourism and social media in the world : an empirical investigation
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
The study examines the relationship between tourism and social media from a cross section of 138 countries with data for the year 2012.The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares, Negative Binomial and Quantile regressions. Two main findings are established. First, there is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998532
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Homicide and social media : global empirical evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2019
homicide and tailored differently across income levels and regions of the world. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058452
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Terrorism and social media : global evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Orim, Stella-Maris I.; Nting, Rexon T. - 2019
The study assesses the relationship between terrorism and social media from a cross section of 148 countries with data for the year 2012. The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares, Negative Binomial and Quantile regressions. The main finding is that there is a positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010180
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Law, Democracy and the Quality of Government in Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2014
components in the development of the continent: law, democracy and quality of government. Political regimes of democracy, polity …-stability, regulation quality and rule of law. Findings indicate democracy has an edge over autocracy while the later and polity overlap. A … democracy that takes into account only the voice of the majority is better in government quality than autocracy, while a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047734
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Assessment of the influence of institutions and globalization on environmental pollution for open and closed economies
Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Agozie, Divine Quase; Ali, … - 2024
doubtful as to whether the presumption of the overall efficiency of democracy can be sustained in global governance … reference to strengths and weaknesses in environmental objectives. This analysis explores the effect of autocracy, democracy, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014514215
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Social Media and Inclusive Human Development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study investigates the relationship between social media and inclusive human development in 49 African countries for the year 2012. Social media is measured with Facebook penetration whereas inclusive human development is proxied by the inequality- adjusted human development index. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838751
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Governance and Social Media in African Countries : An Empirical Investigation
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
This study assesses linkages between social media and governance dynamics in 49 African countries for the year 2012. The empirical evidence is based on ordinary least squares and quantile regressions. Ten bundled and unbundled governance dynamics are used, notably: (i) political governance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897722
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Educational quality, social media and public accountability : a global perspective
Adegboye, Alex; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa; … - 2021
This inquiry relates to the empirical linkages between educational quality, Facebook penetration and accountability dynamics. The empirical investigation is based on the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) technique and Quantile regression for the conditional linkages which articulate low, middle, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798742