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Binding constraints to productive investment in Malawi: A modified HRV framework

Chirwa, Themba G (2021-01)

The paper applies a modified Hausmann, Rodrik, and Velasco (HRV) growth diagnostics framework to analyse Malawi’s growth challenges. The study finds five critical binding constraints affecting productive investment and ...
Remittances and value added across economic sub-sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice A (2021-01)

This research assesses the relevance of enhancing remittances on value added across economic sectors in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1980 to 2014 using the Generalised Method of Moments. First, no significant net ...
Public debt and inflation: Empirical evidence from Ghana

Aimola, Akingbade U (2021-01)

This paper investigates the impact of public debt on inflation in Ghana using annual data during the period 1983-2018. The study uses the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration and ...
The green economy and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Avoidable thresholds and thresholds for complementary policies

Asongu, Simplice A (2020-12)

The study examines nexuses between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, renewable energy consumption and inequality in 39 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2004-2014. The empirical evidence is based on Quantile ...
The role of governance in quality education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice A (2020-12)

This paper examines the governance-“education quality” nexus in a panel of 49 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000-2012. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Quantile regression (QR) are employed as estimation ...
Inequality and Renewable Energy Consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implication for High Income Countries

Asongu, Simplice A (2020-11)

The study investigates conclusions from the scholarly literature that for low and middle-income countries, higher income inequality is linked with lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Using a sample of 39 sub-Saharan ...
Trade and FDI Thresholds of CO2 emissions for a Green Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice A (2020-10)

This research focuses on assessing how improving openness influences CO2 emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is based on 49 countries in SSA for the period 2000-2018 divided into: (i) 44 countries in SSA for the period ...
Is tourism a spur to economic growth in South Africa: An empirical investigation

Odhiambo, Nicholas M (2020-10)

In this study, the dynamic Granger-causality between tourism development and economic growth in South Africa was empirically examined during the period 1995-2016. The study was motivated by the growing important role of ...
Sovereign debt and economic growth nexus in Zimbabwe: A dynamic multivariate causality test

Saungweme, Talknice (2020-09)

This paper examines the causal relationship between both public debt and public debt service and economic growth in Zimbabwe for the period from 1970 to 2017. The purpose of the study is to provide empirical evidence to ...
Revisiting corporate income tax determinants in Southern Africa

Robinson, Zurika (2020-09)

The corporate income tax (CIT) systems in place in developing countries can potentially be contributors or impediments to their economic development. This is especially relevant in the SADC region that has a set agenda ...
Financial development,income inequality and carbon emissions in Sub-Saharan African countries: A panel data analysis

Odhiambo, Nicholas M (2020-07)

This paper examines the dynamic relationship between financial development, income inequality and CO2 emissions in a step-wise fashion, using data from 39 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries during the period 2004-2014. ...
Public debt and economic growth nexus in the euro area: A dynamic panel ARDL approach

Chirwa, Themba G (2020-07)

This study investigates the relationship between public debt and economic growth in 10 European Countries in the presence of cross-sectional dependency. Using a panel ARDL approach, the results show that public debt and ...
Determinants of gold price movements:An empirical investigation in the presence of mutliple structural breaks

Chirwa, Themba G (2020-07)

This study investigates the short- and long-run determinants of gold price movements in financial markets by taking into account multiple structural breakpoints using an ARDL-based error correction approach. The study used ...
The impact of public debt service on economic growth:Empirical evidence from Zambia

Saungweme, Talknice (2020-07)

This study contributes to the existing public debt service-economic growth nexus by examining the impact of public debt service on economic growth in Zambia using time-series method, covering the period from 1970 to 2017. ...
Relative impact of domestic and foreign public debt on economic growth in South Africa

Saungweme, Talknice (2020-07)

This paper investigates the debt-growth nexus by testing both the impact of aggregate public debt on economic growth, and the relative impact of domestic and foreign public debt on economic growth using South Africa as the ...
The impact of tourism development on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nyasha, Sheilla (2020-07)

This study examines the dynamic impact of tourism development on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using the Generalised Method of Moments and data covering the period from 2002 to 2018. The increasingly important ...
Information asymmetry and insurance in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A (2020-01)

In this study, we assess the relevance of decreasing information asymmetry on life and non-life insurance consumption, by using data from 48 African countries during the period 2004-2014. Reduced information asymmetry is ...
Finance,governance and inclusive education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice A (2020-02)

This research assesses the importance of credit access in modulating governance for gender inclusive education in 42 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with data spanning the period 2004-2014.The Generalized Method of Moments ...
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 ...
The role of globalization in modulating the effect of enviromental degradation on inclusive human development

Asongu, Simplice A (2020-01)

This study assesses how globalisation modulates the effect of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), using data for the period 2000 to 2012. The empirical ...

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