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ICT in reducing information asymmetry for financial sector competition

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2018

dimensions of financial sector competition are employed, namely: financial sector dynamics of formalization, informalization and … non-formalization. The empirical evidence is based on 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011 and the Generalised … literature by means of informal finance. Moreover, a practical method by which to disentangle the effects of reducing information …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998231

Foreign aid, instability and governance in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2019

This study contributes to the attendant literature by bundling governance dynamics and focusing on foreign aid instability instead of foreign aid. We assess the role of foreign aid instabilit y on governance dynamics in fifty three African countries for the period 1996-2010. An autoregressive...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998497

Foreign aid and sustainable inclusive human development in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2018

Motivated by evidence that extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998653

The comparative African regional economics of globalization in financial allocation efficiency : pre-crisis era revisited

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2019

four economic and monetary regions in Africa for the period 1980 to 2008. Banking system and financial system efficiency …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012128414

Inclusive education for inclusive economic participation : the financial access channel

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - 2020

Purpose - The study assesses how inclusive education affects inclusive economic participation through the financial access channel. Design/methodology/approach - The focus is on 42 sub-Saharan African countries with data for the period 2004-2014. The empirical evidence is based on the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012198016

Governance and the capital flight trap in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2020

capital flight trap in Africa, before examining what thresholds of government quality are required to fight the capital flight …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219629

Inequality and gender economic inclusion : the moderating role of financial access in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - 2019

inclusion. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004-2014 and the empirical evidence is based …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012150322

Market power and cost efficiency in the African banking industry

Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon T.; Nnanna, Joseph - 2019

Purpose- In this study, we test the so-called 'Quiet Life Hypothesis' (QLH) which postulates that banks with market power are less efficient. Design/methodology/approach- We employ instrumental variable Ordinary Least Squares, Fixed Effects, Tobit and Logistic regressions. The empirical evidence...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012117704

Globalization, governance and the Green Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa : policy thresholds

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2021

This study assesses how globalization modulates the effect of governance on CO2 emissions in sub-Saharan African countries. The empirical evidence is based on Generalized Method of Moments. The minimum level (or negative threshold) of FDI required for it to interact with political stability and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482877

The Comparative African Regional Economics of Globalization in Financial Allocation Efficiency : Pre-Crisis Era Revisited

Asongu, Simplice - 2020

four economic and monetary regions in Africa for the period 1980 to 2008. Banking system and financial system efficiency …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012846478