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Extending the frontiers of financial development for sustainability of the MENA states : the roles of resource abundance and institutional quality
Onifade, Stephen T.; Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Haouas, Ilham; … - 2023
Resource abundance characterizes economies within the MENA region from North Africa to the Middle East. As such, to improve financial development (FD) for regional economic sustainability, this study provides a comprehensive analysis of the roles of natural resources abundance and institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339312
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The ‘Knowledge Economy’-Finance Nexus in SSA and MENA Countries
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
under the World Bank's knowledge economy index (KEI) and seven financial intermediary dynamics of depth, efficiency …-finance nexus with the plethora of KE dimensions defined by the World Bank's KEI and all the dynamics identified by the Financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032558
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Size, efficiency, market power, and economies of scale in the African banking sector
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
, more efficient, and unchallenged. In contra st, several studies found that when bank size increases beyond certain … interest margins. This study examines the connection between bank size and efficiency to understand whether that relationship …-overlapping thresholds for bank size. We found two key results. First, bank size increases bank interest rate margins with an inverted U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998518
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Market power and cost efficiency in the African banking industry
Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon T.; Nnanna, Joseph - 2019
scores. Then, we regress cost efficiency scores on Lerner indices contingent on bank characteristics, market features and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012117704
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The determinants of interest rates in microfinance : age, scale and organisational charter
Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Aziz, Aqsa; Tony-Okeke, Uchenna; … - 2018
This study compares the responsiveness of microcredit interest rates to age, scale of lending and organisational charter. It uses an unbalanced panel of 300 MFIs from 107 developing countries from 2005 to 2015. Three key trends emerge from the results of a 2SLS regression. First, the adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011817165
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Size, efficiency, market power, and economies of scale in the African banking sector
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Financial innovation : FIN 5 (2019) 4, pp. 1-22
, more efficient, and unchallenged. In contrast, several studies found that when bank size increases beyond certain … interest margins. This study examines the connection between bank size and efficiency to understand whether that relationship …-overlapping thresholds for bank size. We found two key results. First, bank size increases bank interest rate margins with an inverted U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011972611
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Market Power and Cost Efficiency in the African Banking Industry
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
scores. Then, we regress cost efficiency scores on Lerner indices contingent on bank characteristics, market features and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012847005
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The Determinants of Interest Rates in Microfinance : Age, Scale and Organisational Charter
Nwachukwu, Jacinta - 2018
This study compares the responsiveness of microcredit interest rates to age, scale of lending and organisational charter. It uses an unbalanced panel of 300 MFIs from 107 developing countries from 2005 to 2015. Three key trends emerge from the results of a 2SLS regression. First, the adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925540
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Size, Efficiency, Market Power, and Economies of Scale in the African Banking Sector
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
, more efficient, and unchallenged. In contrast, several studies found that when bank size increases beyond certain … interest margins. This study examines the connection between bank size and efficiency to understand whether that relationship …-overlapping thresholds for bank size. We found two key results. First, bank size increases bank interest rate margins with an inverted U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012896620
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The Determinants of Interest Rates in Microbanks : Age and Scale
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
This study investigates the legitimacy of the relatively high interest rates charged by those microfinance institutions (MFIs) which have been transformed into regulated commercial banks using information garnered from a panel of 1232 MFIs from 107 developing countries. Results show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013027298