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Corruption is often a source of contentious debate, covering different areas of knowledge, such as philosophy and sociology. In this paper we assess the effects of corruption on economic activity and highlight the relevance of the size of the government. We use dynamic models and the Generalized...
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remains mostly underdeveloped. The altruistic motives of sending remittances to Africa are likely to fade with time. In this … financial development in Africa. The result further revealed that the exchange rate negatively influences financial development … in Africa. Based on the findings, it is suggested that, while attracting migrants' transfers which can have significant …
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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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and South Africa and applying the bounds test method of cointegration, this paper investigates the nature of the …
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The empirical economic growth literature is criticized for its lack ofrobustness. For different definitions of robustness, conclusions vary from 'almost everycorrelation is fragile' to 'a substantial number of explanatory variables are robust.' Were-analyze the empirical results of the economic...
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The objective of this paper is to investigate the empirical relationship between capital account liberalization and economic growth in three Maghreb countries (Algeria, Mo- rocco, and Tunisia) using the GMM technique. The study of this relationship has al- ways been of particular interest...
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