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Genetic Distance and Cognitive Human Capital: A Cross-National Investigation
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This paper explores the determinants of intelligence by focusing on the role played by barriers to the diffusion of competence and human capital. The results based on cross-sectional data from 167 countries consisting of 1996-2009 averages suggest that, genetic distance to global frontiers has a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390915
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Financial development and geographic isolation : global evidence
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A.; Cinyabuguma, … - 2016
Using cross-country differences in the degree of isolation before the advent of technologies in sea and air 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496342
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Genetic distance and cognitive human capital : a cross-national investigation
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This paper explores the determinants of intelligence by focusing on the role played by barriers to the diffusion of competence and human capital. The results based on cross-sectional data from 167 countries consisting of 1996-2009 averages suggest that, genetic distance to global frontiers has a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408501
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African Stock Market Performance Dynamics: A Multidimensional Convergence Assessment
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
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/10011390786
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African stock market performance dynamics : a multidimensional convergence assessment
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
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/10011410266
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Information sharing and conditional financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Anyanwu, John C.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2016
This study examines conditional financial development from information sharing in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011, using contemporary and non-contemporary quantile regressions (QR) which enable the assessment of the effect of information sharing throughout the conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417477
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Information asymmetry and financial development dynamics in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Tchamyou, … - 2015
We examine policy thresholds of information sharing for financial development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. Public credit registries (PCR) and private credit bureaus (PCB) are used as proxies for reducing information asymmetry whereas financial development includes all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408485
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Political crises and risk of financial contagion in developing countries : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
The recent waves of political crises in Africa and the Middle East have inspired the debate over how political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410547
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The impact of entrepreneurship on knowledge economy in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015
Purpose - The paper assesses how entrepreneurship affects knowledge economy (KE) in Africa. Design …/methodology/approach - Entrepreneurship is measured by indicators of starting, doing and ending business. The four dimensions of the World Bank's index of KE …-tech commodities in Africa, the continent has to start thinking of how to participate in the global value chain of producing what it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480744
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The impact of entrepreneurship on knowledge economy in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015
Purpose - The paper assesses how entrepreneurship affects knowledge economy (KE) in Africa. Design …/methodology/approach – Entrepreneurship is measured by indicators of starting, doing and ending business. The four dimensions of the World Bank’s index of KE …-tech commodities in Africa, the continent has to start thinking of how to participate in the global value chain of producing what it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410617