This study investigates how governance and infrastructure moderate the effect of natural resource rents on economic growth using a sample of 110 countries, including 47 African countries from 2000 to 2018. The empirical evidence is based on Panel Smooth Transition Regressions(PSTR). The...

This article generalizes and extends the kernel block bootstrap (KBB) method of Parente and Smith (2018, 2021) to provide a comprehensive treatment of its use for GMM estimation and inference in time-series models formulated in terms of moment conditions. KBB procedures that employ bootstrap...

This study delves into dynamics and determinants of agricultural exports from India. India's agricultural export basket is heavily reliant on a limited range of commodities, including basmati rice, buffalo meat, spices, tea, coffee, and marine products. Such concentration poses risks, making the...

The unfavourable macroeconomic situation in Ghana has ignited innovations in the strategic direction of the banks especially in their loan portfolio allocation. In the wake of information sharing services provided by credit scoring agencies, this study examines the effect of banks’ asset and...