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An empirical assessment of fintechs heterogeneous transmission channels to financial development among African economies
Okoli, Tochukwu Timothy; Tewari, Devi D. - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-18
The poor use of innovations for financial service delivery among African banks has limited the extent of financial development in the continent. Consequently, financial authorities seeks for a technology-enabled financial solution; an area not well covered in literature. This study therefore,...
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A simple framework for analysing the impact of economic growth on non-communicable diseases
Cohen, Ivan K.; Ferretti, Fabrizio; McIntosh, Bryan - In: Cogent economics & finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-10
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are currently the leading cause of death worldwide. In this paper, we examine the channels through which economic growth affects NCDs' epidemiology. Following a production function approach, we develop a basic technique to break up the impact of economic growth...
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Revisiting endogeneity among foreign direct investment, economic growth and stock market development : moderating role of political instability
Mohammad Enamul Hoque; Tahmina Akhter; Jakob, Noor Azuddin - In: Cogent economics & finance 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-21
This study investigates the endogeneity among foreign direct investment, economic growth, and stock market development, along with the moderating role of political instability on the relationship among foreign direct investment, economic growth, and stock market development. The study employs...
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The role of FDI inflows and export on economic growth in Sri Lanka : an ARDL approach
Sultanuzzaman, Md Reza; Fan, Hongzhong; Akash, Mahamud; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-17
This paper examines the long-run and short-run relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows, exports, and economic growth in Sri Lanka over 1980-2016. The study implies Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to reveal the relationship between the variables....
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The nonlinear impact of government consumption expenditure on economic growth : evidence from low and low-middle income countries
Hajamini, Mehdi; Falahi, Mohammad Ali - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 1-15
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of government consumption expenditure as a share of GDP on economic growth in developing countries. The paper uses threshold panel model to examine nonlinear relationship between the government consumption expenditure share and economic...
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Does infrastructural absorptive capacity stimulate FDI-growth nexus in ECOWAS?
Ogundipe, Adeyemi A.; Oye, Queen Esther; Ogundipe, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-19
The study assesses the relevance of infrastructural absorptive capacity in the foreign direct investment (FDI)-growth argument in ECOWAS. Though foreign aid has received a vast attention in the literature, however, an assessment of how the infrastructural readiness of the host economies drives...
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Foreign aid, poverty and economic growth in developing countries : a dynamic panel data causality analysis
Mahembe, Edmore; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-17
This article examines the causal relationship between foreign aid, poverty, and economic growth in 82 developing countries for the period 1981–2013. Taking advantage of the recently developed dynamic panel data estimation techniques, the paper tests for both panel unit roots and cointegration...
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Revisiting stock market development and economic growth nexus : the moderating role of foreign capital inflows and exchange rates
Mohammad Enamul Hoque; Jakob, Noor Azuddin - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-17
This study re-examines the stock market development and economic growth nexus. Also, examine the moderating role of foreign capital inflows and exchange rate on the relationship between stock market development and economic growth of Malaysia during 1981–2016. This study applies Granger test,...
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The impact of financial liberalization on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Akinsola, Foluso A.; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-11
special role of financial liberalization and banking crises on economic growth in SSA. The linear generalized method of … also show that there is a negative relationship between a banking crisis and economic growth, showing that the period of a … banking crisis can drastically affect economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Considering the crucial role played by most …
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Effect of economic growth on CO2 emission in developing countries : evidence from a dynamic panel threshold model
Aye, Goodness C.; Edoja, Prosper Ebruvwiyo - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-22
This study investigated the effect of economic growth on CO2 emission using the dynamic panel threshold framework. The analysis is based on data from a panel of 31 developing countries. The results indicate that economic growth has negative effect on CO2 emission in the low growth regime but...
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