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The Incremental Effect of Education on Corruption : Evidence of Synergy from Lifelong Learning

Asongu, Simplice - 2015

Education as a tool in the fight against corruption has been subject to much debate in academic and policy making … learning and synergy effects. Four main findings are established. First, education is a powerful tool in the fight against … corruption. Second, there is evidence of an incremental effect in the transition from secondary to tertiary education. Third …

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Does Intelligence Affect Economic Diversification?

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014

This paper extends the growing literature on knowledge economy by investigating the effect of intelligence on economic diversification. Using a battery of estimation techniques that are robust to endogeneity, we find that human capital has positive correlations with export diversification,...

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Global Software Piracy, Technology and Property Rights Institutions

Asongu, Simplice - 2020

This study extends the literature on fighting software piracy by investigating how Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regimes interact with technology to mitigate software piracy when existing levels of piracy are considered. Two technology metrics (internet penetration rate and number of PC...

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The impact of Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine war on food prices in fragile countries: Misfortunes never come singly

Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

The objective of the paper is to evaluate whether there is a change in the level or trend of food prices in fragile countries following the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. The empirical evidence is based on Interrupted Time Series Analysis. The following findings are established....

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Effects of globalization on peace and stability: Implications for governance and the knowledge economy of African countries

Amavilah, Voxi; Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio - 2017

We argue that there exists an indirect link between globalization and the knowledge economy of African countries in which globalization influences ‘peace and stability’ and peace and stability affects governance, and through governance the knowledge economy. We model the link as a...

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Fighting terrorism in Africa: benchmarking policy harmonization

Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa; Minkoua N, Jules R.; … - 2017

This study assesses the feasibility of policy harmonization in the fight against terrorism in 53 African countries with data for the period 1980-2012. Four terrorism variables are used, namely: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. The empirical evidence is based on...

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Persistence in Incarcerations: Global Comparative Evidence

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to assess how incarcerations persist across the world. The focus is on 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. Design/methodology/approach - The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. In order to increase room for policy...

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The Murder Epidemic: A Global Comparative Study

Asongu, Simplice; Acha-Anyi, Paul - 2017

We build on literature from policy and academic circles to assess if Latin America is leading when it comes to persistence in homicides. The focus is on a global sample of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. The following...

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The Macroeconomic Impact of Recent Political Conflicts in Africa: Generalized Synthetic Counterfactual Evidence

Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021

This paper measures the macroeconomic impact of recent political crisis, protest and uprisings in Africa with the generalized synthetic control method and evaluates the role played by natural resource dependence in the modulation of the impact. We find that political crisis, protests and...

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The Right to Life: Global Evidence on the Role of Security Officers and the Police in Modulating the Effect of Insecurity on Homicide

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Pyke, Chris - 2018

The study investigates the role of security officers and the police in dampening the effect of insecurity on homicides. Insecurity dynamics are measured in terms of access to weapons, violent crime, perception of criminality and political instability. The geographical and temporal scopes are...

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