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The economic consequences of China-Africa relations: debunking myths in the debate
Asongu, Simplice A.; Aminkeng, Gilbert A. A. - In: Journal of Chinese economic and business studies 11 (2013) 4, pp. 261-277
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The economic consequences of China-Africa relations : debunking myths in the debate
Asongu, Simplice A.; Aminkeng, Gilbert A. A. - 2013
This study dissects with great acuteness some of the big questions on China-Africa relations in order to debunk … direction of China-Africa relations. In the mean, the relationship from an economic standpoint is promising and encouraging but … management. A number of positive signs suggest that China is heading toward the direction which would provide openings for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409965
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Sino-African relations : some solutions and strategies to the policy syndromes
Asongu, Simplice A.; Ssozi, John - 2015
her operations and local businesses; exporting low quality products to Africa; and the emergence of China hindering Africa … eight main strands include, China: targeting nations with abundant natural resources; focusing on countries with bad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408500
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Law and investment in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
Contrary to mainstream consensus on the dominance of English common law countries in investment prospects, this paper sets a new tone in the legal origins debate by providing empirical validity on the dominance of French civil-law countries in private investment. The assessment is based on 38...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410380
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Law, finance and investment : does legal origin matter in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
This paper assesses if legal origin explains domestic, foreign, private and public investments through financial intermediary channels of depth, efficiency, activity and size. The findings show that legal origin matters in the finance-investment nexus, though its ability to explain aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410386
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Bundling governance : finance versus institutions in private investment promotion
Asongu, Simplice A.; Batuo, Enowbi; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015
Purpose - The study extends the debate on finance versus institutions in the promotion of investment documented by Acemoglu and Johnson (2005), Ali (2013) and Asongu (2014). We assess the effects of various components of governance on private investment, notably: political, economic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417473
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Law, finance and investment : does legal origin matter in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - In: The review of black political economy 41 (2014) 2, pp. 145-175
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Law and finance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
This paper assesses how legal origin influences financial development through regulation quality and the rule of law. It employs all the dimensions identified by the Financial Development and Structure Database of the World Bank. The law channels are instrumented with legal origins to account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410393
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Middle class in Africa : determinants and consequences
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A.; Kayembe, … - 2014
This study complements the inclusive growth literature by examining the determinants and consequences of the middle class in a continent where economic growth has been relatively high. The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 33 African countries for a 2010 cross-sectional study. OLS,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409206
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Mobile banking and mobile phone penetration : which is more pro-poor in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
The contribution of this paper to complement theoretical and qualitative mobile penetration literature with empirical evidence is twofold: firstly, we assess the income-redistributive effect of mobile phone penetration and; secondly, the instrumentality of financial development dynamics in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409902