Prior studies on the relationship between FDI and growth have generally concentrated on mean effects, or average growth benefits. It seems improbable that the majority of sub-Saharan economies will have similar "average" economic growth, hence the emphasis on mean effects in particular falls...

This study employs the TVP-VAR approach to capture the degree of interdependencies and contagion among sixteen implied volatilities. The 16 daily implied volatility indices comprise the implied volatility from various financial assets, such as conventional equities, commodities, and currencies,...

The performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) over the years has been susceptible to both crises and country-specific factors reflected in its macroeconomic fundamentals. Accordingly, the GSE composite index (GSECI) has experienced rapid fluctuations across time, coupled with a declining...

This study examined the asymmetric effects of major uncertainty and volatility indices (economic policy uncertainty, Chicago Board Options Exchange crude oil volatility, CBOE volatility index, CBOE VIX volatility, and NASDAQ 100 volatility target) on the returns of global energy and its...