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Information asymmetry and market power in the African banking industry
Boateng, Agyenim; Asongu, Simplice; Akamavi, Raphael; … - 2016
This study investigates the role of information sharing offices and its association with market power in the African banking industry. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 162 banks from 42 countries for the period 2001-2011. Five simultaneity-robust estimation techniques are employed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530068
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Diaspora remittance inflow, financial development and the industrialisation of Africa
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; Okafor, … - 2016
The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries for the period 1980-2014. The indirect impact is assessed through financial development channels. The empirical evidence is based on three interactive and non-interactive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542423
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Is information diffusion a threat to market power for financial access? : insights from the African banking industry
Asongu, Simplice; Batuo, Enowbi; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; … - 2016
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542439
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Women empowerment and environmental sustainability in Africa
Achuo, Elvis Dze; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
This study examines the effect of women's socioeconomic empowerment on environmental sustainability in Africa over the … Africa, various governments, either through individual or concerted efforts should endeavour to create enabling business …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817915
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Political inclusion and democracy in Africa : some empirical evidence
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799011
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Mitigating the macroeconomic impact of severe natural disasters in Africa : policy synergies
Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021
This study evaluates the economic impact of severe natural disasters in Africa using the generalized synthetic control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799847
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African Women Vulnerability index (AWVI) : focus on rural women
Tchamyou, Vanessa; Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799879
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Effect of women's political inclusion on the level of infrastructures in Africa
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
demonstrated trend of infrastructures in Africa in terms of stocks and future need is unique compared to the rest of the world. The … development in Africa. The results through the system GMM and Quantile Regression techniques show that women’s political … inclusion enhances infrastructural development in Africa. The result is robust across different measures of infrastructures and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013041380
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The macroeconomic impact of recent political conflicts in Africa : generalized synthetic counterfactual evidence
Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021
This paper measures the macroeconomic impact of recent political crisis, protest and uprisings in Africa with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650707
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The African Continental Free Trade Area and financial development for women economic participation in Africa
Tchamyou, Vanessa; Some, Juste; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013259462