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dependent variable; (iv) Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) to control for persistence in market power and (v) Instrumental … from private credit bureaus. Second, in GMM, public credit registries increase market power. Third, from Quintile … increased. The extended findings show a: (i) negative net effect from public credit registries on market power in GMM …
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Fixed Effects (FE) to control for the unobserved heterogeneity; (ii) Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) to control for …
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Moments (GMM) and (iii) Instrumental Variable Quantile Regressions (QR). Three key results emerge. First, from the GMM results …
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This study examines the effect of women's socioeconomic empowerment on environmental sustainability in Africa over the … 1996-2019 period. Results of the system Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) estimator reveal that women's socioeconomic … Africa, various governments, either through individual or concerted efforts should endeavour to create enabling business …
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This study investigates: (i) the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) and economic growth dynamics, and (ii) the relevance of value added from three economic sectors in modulating the established effect of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics. The...
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This study evaluates the economic impact of severe natural disasters in Africa using the generalized synthetic control …
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In this paper, we develop a new index labelled the African Women Vulnerability index (AWVI) with a focus on rural women using the Round 7 Afrobarometer Survey. The AWVI comprises 59 indicators in six dimensions namely: safety, empowerment, health, education, economic prosperity and...
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development in Africa. The results through the system GMM and Quantile Regression techniques show that women’s political … demonstrated trend of infrastructures in Africa in terms of stocks and future need is unique compared to the rest of the world. The … inclusion enhances infrastructural development in Africa. The result is robust across different measures of infrastructures and …
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This paper measures the macroeconomic impact of recent political crisis, protest and uprisings in Africa with the …
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The study has contributed to the extant literature on the relevance of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) by assessing how financial development dynamics can moderate the incidence of African trade integration on female labour force participation. The focus is on 47 African...
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