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A revisit of the natural resource curse in the tourism industry

Ngassam, Sylvain Bertelet; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2023

rate, political stability and corruption shape the relationship between natural resources and tourism revenues. This study …. Second, above certain thresholds, natural resources curse the tourism sector through the corruption of exchange rate. These … activities that generate corruption and the adoption of appropriate exchange rate regime is recommended but this requires further …

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A good turn deserves another : political stability, corruption and corruption-control

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

stability in fighting corruption and boosting corruption-control in 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. We postulate … corruption-control. On the other hand, in the absence such impunity from corruption, political instability further fuels … corruption. Our findings validate both hypotheses. Hence, contrary to a stream of the literature, we establish causal evidence of …

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Not all that glitters is gold : political stability and trade in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Kossele, Thales P. Yapatake; Nnanna, … - 2021

This study examines linkages between political stability and trade openness dynamics in a panel of 44 countries in SSA from 1996 to 2016. The empirical evidence is based on the generalized method of moments. From the findings, the negative relationship between political stability and merchandise...

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Revolution empirics : predicting the Arab Spring

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014

The paper examines whether the Arab Spring phenomenon was predictable by complete elimination in the dispersion of core demands for better governance, more jobs and stable consumer prices. A methodological innovation of the Generalized Methods of Moments is employed to assess the feasibility and...

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The role of lifelong learning in political stability and non-violence : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014

Purpose - Education as a weapon in the fight against conflict and violence remains widely debated in policy and academic circles. Against the background of growing political instability in Africa and the central role of the knowledge economy in 21st century development, this paper provides three...

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Fighting terrorism in Africa when existing terrorism levels matter

Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa; Asongu, Ndemaze; … - 2019

This study examines policy tools in the fight against terrorism when existing levels of terrorism matter in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. The empirical evidence is based on contemporary, non-contemporary and Instrumental Variable Quantile regressions (QR) which enable the...

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Political instability and political terror : global evidence on persistence

Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2020

We test the hypotheses that fundamental characteristics in regional proximity, landlockedness, religious-domination, legal origin, and income levels affect cross-country differences in the persistence in political terror and political instability in 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The...

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Fighting terrorism in Africa : complementarity between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability

Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Singh, Pritam - 2020

This study examines complementarities between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability in the fight against terrorism in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. Hence the policy variables employed in the study are inclusive development, military expenditure and...

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The Arab Spring was predictable in 2007 : empirics of proof

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017

We model core demands for better governance (political, economic and institutional), more employment and less consumer price inflation using a methodological innovation on the complete elimination of cross-country differences in signals susceptible of sparking social revolts. The empirical...

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Unjust enrichment from official corruption in Africa : theory and model on how lenders have benefited

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

A 2015 World Bank report on the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) revealed that since the 1990s, extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa where about 50 percent of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa did not achieve the MDG extreme...

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