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Ethnic diversity and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa: Do institutions reduce the noise?
Ajide, Kazeem Bello; Alimi, Olorunfemi Y.; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
inequality empirics. While ethnic diversity h asalso been identified as one of the fundamental causes of income inequality, the … role of institutions as a mediating factor in the ethnicity-inequality nexus has not received the scholarly attention it … framework corrects the noisy influence originating from the nexus between "ethnic diversity" and inequality in 26 sub -Saharan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112139
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On the substitution of institutions and finance in investment
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
The Ali (2013, EB) findings on the nexuses among institutions, finance and investment could have an important influence on policy and academic debates. This paper relaxes his hypotheses on the conception, definition and measurement of finance and institutions because they are less realistic to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390860
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Finance, Institutions and Private Investment in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2020
The study extends the debate on finance versus institutions and measurement of property rights institutions. We assess the relationships between various components of property rights institutions and private investment, notably: political, economic and institutional governances. Comparative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389234
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Is financial development shaping or shaking economic sophistication in African countries?
Ndieupa, Henri Njangang; Asongu, Simplice; Tadadjeu, Sosson - 2021
This paper aims to investigate the effect of financial development on economic complexity using a panel dataset of 24 African countries over the period 1983-2017. The empirical evidence is based on two different approaches. First, we adopt the Hoechle (2007) procedure which produces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012652979
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Bundling Governance: Finance versus Institutions in Private Investment Promotion
Asongu, Simplice; Batuo, Enowbi; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2015
Purpose – The study extends the debate on finance versus institutions in the promotion of investment documented by Acemoglu and Johnson (2005), Ali (2013) and Asongu (2014). We assess the effects of various components of governance on private investment, notably: political, economic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596324
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Towards inclusive green growth in Africa: Critical energy efficiency synergies and governance thresholds
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel; Ojong, Nathanael - 2022
This study contributes to the scholarly literature on the drive towards sustainable development in light of the UN's Agenda 2030 and the African Union's Agenda 2063 by examining pathways through which energy efficiency (EE) promotes inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278446
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Diffusion of green technology, governance and CO₂ emissions in sub-Saharan Africa
Traoré, Awa; Asongu, Simplice - 2023
Purpose - A promising solution to meet the challenge of sustainability and ensure the protection of the environment consists in acting considerably on the adoption and use of new information and communication technologies. The latter can act on the protection of the environment; completely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014560440
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State fragility, rent seeking and lobbying: evidence from African data
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013
This paper assesses the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa using hitherto unexplored variables in the literature. The previously missing dimension of nation building is integrated and the hypothesis of state fragility being a function of rent seeking and/or lobbying by de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390841
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The Effects of Remittances on Output per Worker in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Production Function Approach
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if complemented with education. The indirect effects vary with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390880
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Institutions and Poverty: A Critical Comment Based on Evolving Currents and Debates
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2014
eradication effect of institutions is through income-average as opposed to income-inequality. We discuss the confirmed findings in …) future research to ascertain the inequality mechanism. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390893