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African Stock Market Performance Dynamics : A Multidimensional Convergence Assessment
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
empirical evidence is premised on 11 homogenous panels based on regions (sub-Saharan and North Africa), income-levels (Low …-Saharan Africa reveals conditional convergence in relation to per capita number of listed companies. The speed of convergence for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032595
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Government Quality Determinants of Stock Market Performance in African Countries
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
How do government policies and institutions affect stock market performance? As stock markets grow broader and deeper in African countries, the question becomes more critical. Government quality dynamics of corruption-control, government-effectiveness, political-stability or no violence, voice &...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032598
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Democracy and Stock Market Performance in African Countries
Asongu, Simplice - 2014
Purpose – This paper assesses the incidence of political institutions on stock market performance dynamics in Africa … recommendation, the role of sound political institutions is crucial for financial development in Africa. Democracies have important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047733
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Political regimes and stock market performance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This paper assesses the effect of political institutions on stock market performance in 14 African countries for which stock market data is available for the period 1990-2010. The estimation technique used is a Two-Stage-Least Squares Instrumental Variable methodology. Political regime channels...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011487052
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Political Regimes and Stock Market Performance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2018
This paper assesses the effect of political institutions on stock market performance in 14 African countries for which stock market data is available for the period 1990-2010. The estimation technique used is a Two-Stage-Least Squares Instrumental Variable methodology. Political regime channels...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012936040
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Structural Breaks in Global Stock Markets : Are They Caused by Pandemics, Protests or Other factors?
Ndako, Joshua; Kumeka, Terver; Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; … - 2022
The aim of this study is to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other similar global events on the global stock market. The data used covers 16 countries of the world and a series of quarterly data ranging from 1919Q1 to 2020Q2 for major stock market index was used. The Bai and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014236497
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Structural breaks in global stock markets : are they caused by pandemics, protests or other factors?
Ndako, Joshua A.; Kumeka, Terver T.; Adedoyin, Festus Fatai - 2022
The aim of this study is to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other similar global events on the global stock market. The data used covers 16 countries of the world and a series of quarterly data ranging from 1919Q1 to 2020Q2 for major stock market index was used. The Bai and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013389107
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Globalization and Terror in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Biekpe, Nicholas - 2018
This study examines the role of globalization on terrorism in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011. Four terrorism indicators are used, namely: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism. Political, economic, social and general globalisation variables are employed and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014117514
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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 … stood when controlled for colonisation and internal conflicts. In terms of policy implications, policymakers in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014077939
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Towards Efforts To Enhance Tax Revenue Mobilisation In Africa : Exploring The Interaction Between Industrialisation and Digital Infrastructure
Ofori, Pamela Efua; Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
agreement, and the expected rebound of foreign direct investment to Africa from 2022, this study examines the joint effects of … industrialisation and digital infrastructure on resource mobilisation in Africa. To this end, we mine data for 42 African countries for …) mobilisation efforts in Africa, the effects of the former is rather remarkable in the presence of the latter. Particularly, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080533