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Linkages between Financial Development, Financial Instability, Financial Liberalisation and Economic Growth in Africa
Batuo, Micheal - 2018
In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, the implications of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increased scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....
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Linkages between financial development, financial instability, financial liberalisation and economic growth in Africa
Batuo, Michael Enowbi; Mlambo, Kupukile; Asongu, Simplice - In: Research in international business and finance 45 (2018), pp. 168-179
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New financial development indicators : with a critical contribution to inequality empirics
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
The employment of financial development indicators without due consideration to country/regional specific financial development realities remains an issue of substantial policy relevance. Financial depth in the perspective of money supply is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development...
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Inequality, ICT and financial access in Africa
Tchamyou, Vanessa S.; Erreygers, Guido; Cassimon, Danny - 2018
This study investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on income inequality through financial development dynamics of depth (money supply and liquid liabilities), efficiency (at banking and financial system levels), activity (from banking and financial system...
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Does Openness Matter for Financial Development in Africa?
David, Antonio C. - 2014
This paper analyzes the links between financial and trade openness and financial development in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. It is based on a panel dataset using methods that tackle slope heterogeneity, cross-sectional dependence and non-stationarity, important econometric problems that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050666
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Linkages between investment flows and financial development : causality evidence from selected African countries
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Purpose - This paper introduces previously missing financial components(efficiency, activity and size) in the assessment of the finance-investment nexus. Design/methodology/approach - VAR models in the perspectives of VECM and short-run Granger causality are employed. Usage of optimally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410059
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Addressing the severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa : how relevant is the ICT and financial development pathway?
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Armah, Mark Kojo; Taale, Francis; … - 2021
severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators … dynamic system GMM and the panel corrected standard errors estimation techniques to show that, compared to financial access …
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Towards inclusive growth in Africa : remittances, and financial development interactive effects and thresholds
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel Y.; Dossou, Toyo … - 2023
remittances are not statistically significant in promoting inclusive growth in Africa. Notably, across the economic growth and …, they deepen the latter. Second, we find that Africa's underdeveloped financial sector dampens the marginal positive effect … with complementary policies to foster inclusive growth in Africa, a minimum threshold of 14.5% is required. We conclude by …
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An empirical assessment of fintechs heterogeneous transmission channels to financial development among African economies
Okoli, Tochukwu Timothy; Tewari, Devi D. - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-18
study hypothesized that Fintech transmits directly to financial development among emerging Africa but indirectly through … efficiency and financial inclusion as panaceas to promote financial development in Africa. …
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Information sharing and conditional financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Anyanwu, John C.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2016
This study examines conditional financial development from information sharing in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011, using contemporary and non-contemporary quantile regressions (QR) which enable the assessment of the effect of information sharing throughout the conditional...
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