Most of the literature that explored the relationship between financial development and economic growth taking into consideration the roles played by institutional quality in the ECOWAS region still debates on the roles of institutional quality on economic growth. This study used data from...

This paper investigates the role of fiscal policy on financial development in Sub-Saharan African economies, drawing on a sample of 23 countries from 2000 to 2021 using the panel ARDL method after evidencing stationarity and co-integration properties among the variables. Our results show that an...

The motivation of this study stems from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on clean and responsible energy consumption, climate change mitigation and sustainable economic growth (UN-SDGs-7, 11, 12 and 13). To this end, the present study examines the impact of institutional quality...

Utilizing more renewable energy in a market that combines advancements in technology, finance, and customer engagement is one of the African Union's top priorities. On the other side, there is a dearth of information on how the financial sector upsets the development of renewable energy. We...

Reaching emission mitigation targets has become increasingly paramount in the OECD bloc considering that the bloc’s per capita emissions are still higher than the rest of the world while accounting for 35% of all atmospheric emissions. We adopt the novel panel NARDL framework to assess the...