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Edited by Augustin K. Fosu Routledge Studies in Development Economics, 2015, pp. 393 (Hardcover). Reviewed by Simplice A. Asongu African Governance and Development Institute P.O. Box 8413, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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class in these countries still engage in wasteful expenditure pattern. The question of demand for accountability and good … expense of the elite class.This study expands the discussion on how an effective fiscal regime can help improve accountability …
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This inquiry relates to the empirical linkages between educational quality, Facebook penetration and accountability … conditional linkages which articulate low, middle, and high initial levels of public accountability. It explores a cross … accountability dynamics. The established positive nexus is apparent in all quantiles of public accountability. In addition, tertiary …
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We investigate how foreign aid dampens the effects of terrorism on FDI using interactive quantile regressions. The … used, while terrorism dynamics entail: domestic, unclear, transnational and total number of terrorist attacks. The … transnational terrorism in bilateral aid regressions, the impacts of terrorism dynamics are unexpectedly positive, in: (i) bottoms …
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This study checks the effect of foreign aid on terrorism and FDI, conditioned on domestic levels of corruption … established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is apparent only in higher levels of CC; foreign aid dampens the negative … effect of terrorism on FDI only in higher levels of CC; when foreign aid is subdivided into its bilateral and multilateral …
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This paper models the feasibility of common policy initiatives against global terrorism, as well as timelines for their … enforcement. The empirical evidence is based on 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Employed terrorism dynamics are … domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism. Absolute (or unconditional) and conditional catch-ups are modelled using …
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This study assesses the role of foreign aid in reducing the hypothetically negative impact of terrorism on trade using … terrorism entails: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. The following findings have been established … total terrorism, domestic terrorism and transnational terrorism increase trade with increasing order of magnitude. Third …
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Building on previous literature, we assess when foreign aid is effective in fighting terrorism using quantile … used whereas terrorism includes: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. We consistently establish … that foreign aid (bilateral, multilateral and total) is effective at fighting terrorism exclusively in countries where …
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We assess the effects of terrorism on capital flight in a panel of 29 African countries for which data is available for … the period 1987-2008. The terrorism dynamics entail domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorisms. The empirical …, with the magnitude relative higher from unclear terrorism. Second, for QR: (i) the effect of transnational terrorism is now …
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This study examines the role of globalization on terrorism in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011. Four … terrorism indicators are used, namely: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism. Political, economic, social and … established from GMM estimations. Political globalisation increases both domestic and transnational terrorism. Social …
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