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The paper recounts the history of the finance-growth nexus research from its origins to the yearly 1990s. The contributions are analyzed in connection with the socioeconomic context and advances in economic theory. Many ideas first expressed decades ago are still subject to constant discussions...
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This paper aims to assess the relationship among fiscal variables (government revenue and expenditure) in Sub-Saharan African countries. Using yearly data for the period between 1980 and 2011 in fifteen ECOWAS countries, a weak long-run relationship between government expenditure and revenue...
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In recent years sub-Saharan Africa, notwithstanding the global financial crisis, has increased its share in global … trade and investment flows. This has led to an appreciable improvement in development levels, albeit off a small base …. However, these patterns are still dominated by commodity flows and investment, and remain marginal on the global stage …
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relationship between external debt and economic growth in Africa. The result demonstrates that beyond a specific capacity, the … growth in Africa. The findings of this study reinforce the need for policymakers to ensure proper application of external …
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Africa with African initiatives, SDGs and the Paris Agreement, (2) mitigating economic risks of climate change through … supporting low carbon development pathways in Africa, (3) incentivizing low carbon development by phasing out subsidies and …
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's investment growth is associated with a decline in Tanzania's export growth of roughly 0.60 ppts. A 1 percent fall in commodity …
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ownership and capital demand adjustment in host countries. The author estimates a dynamic structural model of investment on a …
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Governments use tax expenditures to boost investment, innovation and employment. However, these schemes are largely …
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account the direct impact of inflation on investment, variables approximating the cost of capital utilisation prove to be …Theoretical models point at various channels of the impact of inflation on corporate investment. This article attempts … corporate investment and inflation on the sample of 21 OECD countries in the years 1960-2005. The obtained negative relationship …
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performance and employment outcomes according to the results of equity-based crowdfunding investment, this study provides useful …
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