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Fighting terrorism in Africa : complementarity between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability

Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Singh, Pritam - 2020

the fight against terrorism in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. Hence the policy variables employed in the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012150496

Fighting terrorism in Africa when existing terrorism levels matter

Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa; Asongu, Ndemaze; … - 2019

This study examines policy tools in the fight against terrorism when existing levels of terrorism matter in 53 African … and total terrorism dynamics. The following findings are established. First, counterterrorism policy instruments of … terrorism with a negative threshold effect. Political stability estimates are consistently significant with increasing negative …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126104

Fighting Terrorism in Africa : Complementarity between Inclusive Development, Military Expenditure and Political Stability

Asongu, Simplice; le Roux, Sara; Singh, Pritam - 2021

the fight against terrorism in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. Hence the policy variables employed in the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013211879

The comparative African economics of inclusive development and military expenditure in fighting terrorism

Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa; Asongu, Ndemaze; … - 2017

domestic and transnational terrorism in: (i) North African countries vis-à-vis their sub-Saharan Africa counterparts; (ii …This study investigates the role of inclusive human development and military expenditure in fighting terrorism in 53 … variable Fixed Effects regressions. Inclusive development is not a sufficient condition for the fight against terrorism whereas …

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The role of inclusive development and military expenditure in modulating the effect of terrorism on governance

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Le Roux, Sara - 2018

effect of terrorism on governance. Design/methodology/approach- It is based on 53 African countries for the period 1998 …-2012 and interactive Generalised Method of Moments is employed. Six governance indicators from the World Bank and two terrorism … variables are used, namely: domestic and transnational terrorism dynamics. Findings- The following main findings are established …

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Political instability and political terror : global evidence on persistence

Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2020

We test the hypotheses that fundamental characteristics in regional proximity, landlockedness, religious-domination, legal origin, and income levels affect cross-country differences in the persistence in political terror and political instability in 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The...

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In the shadow of violence : politics, economics, and the problems of development

North, Douglass Cecil (ed.) - 2013

This book applies the conceptual framework of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2009) to nine developing countries. The cases show how political control of economic privileges is used to limit violence and...