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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409159
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409173
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Fighting Corruption when Existing Corruption-Control Levels Count: What do Wealth-Effects Tell us in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - In: Institutions and Economies (formerly known as … 5 (2013) 3, pp. 53-74
Why are some nations more effective at battling corruption than others? Are there different determinants in the fight … against corruption across developing nations? Do income-levels matter in the fight against corruption when existing corruption …-control levels also matter? In other words, how does the wealth of nations matter in the fight against corruption when corruption is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010698192
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Crime and conflicts in Africa: consequences of corruption?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - In: European Economic Letters 2 (2013) 2, pp. 50-55
With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010840469
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Fighting corruption with cultural dynamics: when legal-origins, religious-influences and existing corruption-control levels matter
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Are there different determinants in the fight against corruption across developing countries? Why are some countries … more effective at battling corruption than others? To investigate these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption …-control throughout the conditional distribution of the fight against corruption using panel data from 46 African countries for the period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390796
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Fighting corruption when existing corruption-control levels count : what do wealth effects tell us?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Why are some nations more effective at battling corruption than others? Are there different determinants in the fight … against corruption across developing nations? How do wealth effects play-out when existing corruption-control levels matter in … the corruption battle? To investigate these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption-control throughout the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390797
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Fighting corruption in Africa: do existing corruption-control levels matter?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Purpose - Are there different determinants in the fight against corruption across African countries? Why are some … countries more effective at battling corruption than others? To assess these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption …-control throughout the conditional distribution of the fight against corruption using panel data from 46 African countries for the period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390800
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Fighting corruption when existing corruption-control levels count: what do wealth-effects tell us in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Why are some nations more effective at battling corruption than others? Are there different determinants in the fight … against corruption across developing nations? How do wealth effects play-out when existing corruption-control levels matter in … the corruption battle? To investigate these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption-control throughout the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390801
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Globalization, (fighting) corruption and development: how are these phenomena linearly and nonlinearly related in wealth effects?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Purpose - Is globalization instrumental in fighting corruption? Do wealth effects matter in this fight? Are findings … corruption (corruption-control) effects. Thus the intuition is assessing how globalization is instrumental in the fight against … corruption through human development (economic and social dimensions) and government quality (political dimension). Findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390805
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Crime and conflicts in Africa: consequences of corruption?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013
With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390824