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The incremental effect of education on corruption : evidence of synergy from lifelong learning

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 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 A. - 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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Does intelligence affect economic diversification?

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014

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Crime and conflicts in Africa: consequences of corruption?

Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - In: European Economic Letters 2 (2013) 2, pp. 50-55

dependency, per capital economic prosperity, level of education, government effectiveness and population density. Given that …

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Fighting Software Piracy: Which IPRs Laws Matter in Africa?

Asongu, Simplice A. - In: Institutions and Economies (formerly known as … 6 (2014) 2, pp. 1-26

The proliferation of technology to produce pirated software has prompted key questions in policy decision making on how to tackle the situation. The paper will employ Dynamic panel Generalized Methods of Moments and Two Stage Least Squares to address this. IPRs (Intellectual Property Rights)...

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Globalization, Peace & Stability, Governance, and Knowledge Economy

Amavilah, Voxi; Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) - 2014

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, determinants of the knowledge economy. To extend that study,...

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Global dynamic timelines for IPRS harmonization against software piracy

Andrés, Antonio R.; Asongu, Simplice A. - Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) - 2013

This paper employs a recent methodological innovation on intellectual property rights (IPRs) harmonization to project global timelines for common policies against business software piracy. The findings on 99 countries are premised on 15 fundamental characteristics of software piracy based on...

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Fighting software piracy: Which governance tools matter in Africa?

Andrés, Antonio R.; Asongu, Simplice A. - Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) - 2012

This article integrates previously missing components of government quality into the governance-piracy nexus in exploring governance mechanisms by which global obligations for the treatment of IPRs are effectively transmitted from international to the national level in the battle against piracy....

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Fighting software piracy: which IPRs laws (treaties) matter in Africa?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

With the proliferation of technology used to prate software, this paper answers some key questions in policy decision making. Dynamic panel Generalized Methods of Moments and Two Stage Least Squares are employed. IPRs laws (treaties) are instrumented with government quality dynamics to assess...

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Fighting software piracy in Africa: how do legal origins and IPRs protection channels matter?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

In the current efforts towards harmonizing IPRs regimes in the African continent, this paper provides answers to four key questions relevant in the policy decision making processes. After empirically examining the questions, the following findings are established. (1) In comparison to common law...

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