transportation, we assess the relationship between geographic isolation and financial development across the globe. We find that pre …-historic geographical isolation has been beneficial to development because it has contributed to contemporary cross-country differences in … financial development. The relationship is robust to alternative samples, different estimation techniques, outliers and varying …

We examine policy thresholds of information sharing for financial development in 53 African countries for the period … asymmetry whereas financial development includes all financial dimensions identified by the Financial Development and Structure …

Using Kauffman, Kraay, and Mastruzzi governance indicators, this article analyzes the impact of formal institutions on … index characteristic of its knowledge for development (K4D) framework. We estimate panel data models for 22 Middle East …

A previous analysis of the impact of formal institutions on the knowledge economy of 22 Middle-Eastern and Sub …-Sahara African countries during the 1996-2010 time period concluded that formal institutions were necessary, but inadequate …

Using Kauffman, Kraay, and Mastruzzi governance indicators, this article analyzes the impact of formal institutions on … index characteristic of its knowledge for development (K4D) framework. We estimate panel data models for 22 Middle East …

This paper examines how regionalization in the face of globalization has affected financial development in the context … of banking system efficiency in Africa. Results which are robust to financial system efficiency and growth-led-finance … nexus reveal that in the post-regionalization era: (1) UEMOA and CEMAC regional banks' ability to finance credit by deposits …