Purpose – The study extends the debate on finance versus institutions in the promotion of investment documented by … investment, notably: political, economic and institutional governances. Financial indicators of depth, allocation efficiency … governance as a better determinant of private investment than financial intermediary development. Moreover, the evidence of …

Contrary to mainstream consensus on the dominance of English common law countries in investment prospects, this paper … in private investment. The assessment is based on 38 African countries for the period 1996-2007. The law mechanisms of … North African) have influenced a plethora of investment dynamics (domestic, foreign, private and public). The dominance of …

investment, though may be exogenous to growth, has been identified to bring about productivity and ecological spillovers. In view … domestic or foreign investments in Nigeria. The results show that domestic investment increases CO2 emissions in the short run … while foreign investment decreases CO2 emissions in the long run. When the dataset is decomposed into three sub-samples in …

the relationships between various components of property rights institutions and private investment, notably: political … correlate of private investment than financial intermediary development. The interaction of finance and governance is not … significant in potentially promoting private investment, perhaps due to substantially documented surplus liquidity issues in …

The Ali (2013, EB) findings on the nexuses among institutions, finance and investment could have an important influence … substitution of institutions and finance in investment. Results under many baseline and augmented scenarios are not consistent with …

funds only benefit the rich to the detriment of the poor. The use of financial and investment dimensions previously missing …

from a long-run perspective by assessing the relationships between population growth and a plethora of investment dynamics …) deplete public investment but augment domestic investment in Zambia; (4) diminish private investment and improve domestic … investment in the Congo Republic and Sudan respectively.Practical Implications – Mainstream positive linkage of population growth …

This study investigated the impact of financial sector development on domestic investment in selected Economic … investment depends on the measure of financial sector development utilized, (2) domestic credit to the private sector has a … positive but insignificant impact on domestic investment in ECOWAS while banking inter-mediation efficiency (i.e. ability of …