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This paper examines the short and long term effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on inclusive … human development in a panel of 49 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured in terms of …
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Purpose- This study presents theoretical and empirical arguments for the role of mobile telephony in promoting good governance in 47 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. Design/methodology/approach- The empirical inquiry uses an endogeneity-robust GMM approach with forward...
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Purpose- The study complements the scant macroeconomic literature on the development outcomes of social media by examining the relationship between Facebook penetration and violent crime levels in a cross-section of 148 countries for the year 2012. Design/methodology/approach- The empirical...
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This study examines how information and communication technology (ICT) could be employed to dampen the potentially …-Saharan African countries. ICT is captured with internet and mobile phone penetration rates whereas environmental degradation is …. Unstable). Baseline findings broadly show that improvement in both of measures of ICT would significantly diminish the possibly …
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This study assesses the role of ICT (internet and mobile phone penetration) in complementing financial sector … between ICT, financial sector development and financial activity. First, the interaction between ICT and financial … net effects are positive. Third, the potentially appealing interaction between ICT and informalization produces positive …
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Index are employed: educational quality, information and communication technology (ICT) and scientific output. Six CO2 …
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This study has examined how information and communication technology (ICT) influences openness to improve the … conditions of doing business in sub-Saharan Africa. The data is for the period 2000-2012. ICT is proxied with Internet and mobile … orthogonal deviations. While we find substantial evidence that ICT complements openness to improve conditions for …
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The study investigates how openness influences information and communication technology (ICT) penetration for improved … globalisation whereas ICT is proxied with mobile phone and internet penetration rates. Ten bundled and unbundled governance … main findings are: First, financial openness has an edge over trade openness when combined with ICT to affect both economic …
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This study assesses how information diffusion dampens the adverse effect of market power on the price and quantity of loans provided by a panel of 162 banks from 39 African countries for the period 2001-2011. The empirical evidence is based on three endogenity-robust estimation techniques,...
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Purpose- This study presents theoretical and empirical arguments for the role of mobile telephony in promoting good governance in 47 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. Design/methodology/approach- The empirical inquiry uses an endogeneity-robust GMM approach with forward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993605