Browsing Open Research Collection by Author "Asongu, Simplice A"

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Doing business and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. (2018-08-24)

This study examines how doing business affects inclusive human development in 48 sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012.The measurement of inclusive human development encompasses both absolute pro-poor and relative ...
Enhancing governance for environmental sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice A (2019-12)

This study assesses whether improving governance standards affects environmental quality in 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. ...
Financial sector development and Investment in selected countries of the Economic Community of West African States: empirical evidence using heterogeneous panel data method

Iheonu, Chimere O; Asongu, Simplice A; Odo, Kingsley O; Ojiem, Patrick K (2020-08-31)

Abstract This study investigated the impact of financial sector development on domestic investment in selected countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the years 1985–2017. The study employed ...
Foreign direct investment,information technology and economic growth dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice A (2019-07)

The research assesses how information and communication technology (ICT) modulates the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth dynamics in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1980-2014. ...
Size, efficiency, market power, and economies of scale in the African banking sector

Asongu, Simplice A; Odhiambo, Nicholas M (2019-01-31)

Abstract There is a growing body of evidence that interest rate spreads in Africa are higher for big banks compared to small banks. One concern is that big banks might be using their market power to charge ...
Social media and inclusive human development in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A (2020-01)

This study investigates the relationship between social media and inclusive human development in 49 African countries for the year 2012. Social media is measured with Facebook penetration whereas inclusive human development ...

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