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Is financial development shaping or shaking economic sophistication in African countries?
Ndieupa, Henri Njangang; Asongu, Simplice; Tadadjeu, Sosson - 2021
This paper aims to investigate the effect of financial development on economic complexity using a panel dataset of 24 … financial development increases economic complexity in Africa. Looking at the regional difference, the results show that this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487039
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Financial Sector Development and the Determinants of Bank Profitability : A GCC Panel Study
Sree Rama Murthy, Y. - 2015
which are bank specific, financial sector specific and macroeconomic are used as explanatory variables in the balanced panel … bank profitability positively. Two financial sector development variables are used as explanatory variables in the panel … regressions. While spread of banking activity has no impact on bank profitability, stock market capitalization as ratio of GDP has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014880
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New financial development indicators : with a critical contribution to inequality empirics
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
Financial Development and Structure Database (FDSD). Dynamic panel system GMM estimations are applied. Different specifications … sector in developing countries. The phenomenon of mobile banking is such an example. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409823
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How do financial reforms affect inequality through financial sector competition? : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
In the first empirical study on how financial reforms have been instrumental in mitigating inequality through financial sector competition, we contribute at the same time to the macroeconomic literature on measuring financial development and respond to the growing field of economic development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410012
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Financial institutions, poverty and severity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Soumtang, Valentine B.; Edoh, Ofeh M. - 2021
efficiency. The adopted empirical strategy is a quantile regressions approach which enables the study to assess how financial … poverty. The findings show various tendencies, inter alia: (i) financial institutions depth (efficiency) consistently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798666
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Estimating the effects of financial inclusion on welfare in sub-Saharan Africa
Ofori-Abebrese, Grace; Baidoo, Samuel Tawiah; Essiam, … - In: Cogent business & management 7 (2020) 1, pp. 1-15
The prominent role of financial inclusion in every economy-as it has been widely acknowledged as an enabler to achieving eight out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) cannot be overemphasized as far as the welfare of individuals is concerned. This study estimates the effects of...
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How Do Financial Reforms Affect Inequality Through Financial Sector Competition? Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
In the first empirical study on how financial reforms have been instrumental in mitigating inequality through financial sector competition, we contribute at the same time to the macroeconomic literature on measuring financial development and respond to the growing field of economic development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032563
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The role of information sharing in modulating the effect of financial access on inequality
Tchamyou, Vanessa Simen - 2018
liabilities), efficiency (at banking and financial system levels), activity (from banking and financial system perspective) and … unconditional positive effect of banking system efficiency. Second, on the role of private credit bureaus in financial depth, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993584
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The effect of inequality on poverty and severity of poverty in SSA : the role of financial development institutions
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023
The present study investigates the incidence of financial institutions' dynamics of depth and access in the effect of income inequality on poverty and the severity of poverty in 42 Sub-Saharan African countries from 1980 to 2019. The Gini index is used to measure income inequality while poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280126
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May the soul of the IFS financial system definition RIP in developing countries
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
supply to liquid liabilities. This equation has put on the margin (and skewed) burgeoning phenomena of mobile banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409238