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Drivers of growth in fast emerging economies : a dynamic instrumental quantile approach to real output and its rates of growth in BRICS and MINT countries, 2001-2011
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
show that Net Foreign Direct Investment, Natural Resources, and Political Stability have a positive and significant impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822294
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Foreign direct investment, information technology and economic growth dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
investment (FDI) on economic growth dynamics in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1980-2014. The employed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025644
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Foreign direct investment, domestic investment and green growth in Nigeria : any spillovers?
Adejumo, Akintoye Victor; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
investment, though may be exogenous to growth, has been identified to bring about productivity and ecological spillovers. In view … domestic or foreign investments in Nigeria. The results show that domestic investment increases CO2 emissions in the short run … while foreign investment decreases CO2 emissions in the long run. When the dataset is decomposed into three sub-samples in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115869
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Banking behaviour and political business cycle in Africa : the role of independent regulatory policies of the central bank
Ofori-Sasu, Daniel; Agbloyor, Elikplimi Komla; Nsafoah, … - 2024
This study examines the effect of regulatory independence of the central bank in shaping the impact of electoral cycles on bank lending behaviour in Africa. It employs the dynamic system Generalized Method of Moments (SGMM) Two-Step estimator for a panel dataset of 54 African countries over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014514254
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FDI, aid, terrorism : conditional threshold evidence from developing countries
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2015
We investigate how foreign aid dampens the effects of terrorism on FDI using interactive quantile regressions. The empirical evidence is based on 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Bilateral and multilateral aid variables are used, while terrorism dynamics entail: domestic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011312327
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Information asymmetry and market power in the African banking industry
Boateng, Agyenim; Asongu, Simplice; Akamavi, Raphael; … - 2016
This study investigates the role of information sharing offices and its association with market power in the African banking industry. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 162 banks from 42 countries for the period 2001-2011. Five simultaneity-robust estimation techniques are employed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530068
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Conditional linkages between iron ore exports, foreign aid and terrorism
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
We employ interactive quantile regressions to assess conditional linkages between foreign aid, iron ore exports and terrorism from a panel of 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. The following main findings are established. First, it is primarily in the countries with the highest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542271
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Essential information sharing thresholds for reducing market power in financial access : a study of the African banking industry
Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2016
This study investigates the role of information sharing offices (public credit registries and private credit bureaus) in reducing market power for financial access in the African banking industry. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 162 banks from 42 countries for the period 2001-2011....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542416
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Is information diffusion a threat to market power for financial access? : insights from the African banking industry
Asongu, Simplice; Batuo, Enowbi; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; … - 2016
This study assesses how information diffusion dampens the adverse effect of market power on the price and quantity of loans provided by a panel of 162 banks from 39 African countries for the period 2001-2011. The empirical evidence is based on three endogenity-robust estimation techniques,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542439
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Information sharing and financial sector development in Africa
Tchamyou, Vanessa S.; Asongu, Simplice - 2016
This study investigates the effect information sharing has on financial sector development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. Information sharing is measured with private credit bureaus and public credit registries. Hitherto unexplored dimensions of financial sector development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496420