Financial innovation has given a new trend to modern financial system and its importance has been widely recognized. This study investigated the effect of financial innovation augmented with bank competition on sustainable development in eight West African countries. Data were sourced from World...

The study examines the impact of the insurance market on economic complexity in 28 OECD nations within a period of 1995-2020. The study also examines whether the impact of life insurance on economic complexity would be different from that of the non-life insurance sector within the insurance...

Purpose - The study's objective is to examine the relevance of globalization in affecting the size of the shadow economy in selected African nations. Design/methodology/approach - To do this, the authors employ the KOF globalization index and implement both static and dynamic common correlated...

Purpose Energy poverty is a global phenomenon, but its prevalence is enormous in most African countries, with a potential impact on quality of life. This study aims to investigate the impact of energy poverty on the shadow economy. Design/methodology/approach The study uses panel data from 45...

This paper investigates the threshold effect of environmental degradation on the FDI-poverty nexus in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1986-2018. The study used panel threshold regression for the empirical analysis. The evidence from threshold regression using different measures of poverty and...