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Foreign direct investment and economic growth nexus in Africa: New evidence from the new financial fragility measure
Edmond Hagan, Anthony AmoahAfrican countries are generally fragile. This and other related characteristics affect the potential for growth and development. The purpose of this paper is to investigate…
Government spending multipliers over business cycle: What do they tell us in a developing open economy?
Naser Yenus NuruThe purpose of this paper is to show the asymmetric effects of government spending shocks for South Africa over the period 1960Q1–2014Q2.
Predicting FinTech innovation adoption in South Africa: the case of cryptocurrency
Last Mazambani, Emmanuel MutambaraFinancial technology innovation within the developed world is driving financial markets, yet its adoption is lagging among consumers in emerging markets. At the same time, most…
Efficiency evaluation of agricultural cooperatives in Mpumalanga: An empirical study using the DEA approach
Sharon Thembi Xaba, Nyankomo Marwa, Babita Mathur-HelmThe purpose of this paper is to analyse performance (on efficiency) of agricultural cooperatives in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The…
An empirical investigation of the relationship between the real exchange rate and net FDI inflows in Mauritius
Ashok Babubudjnauth, Boopendra SeetanahThe purpose of this paper is to find out the impact of real exchange rate on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mauritius.
Firm productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: how relevant is quality of tax administration?
Kofi Kamasa, George Adu, Eric Fosu Oteng-AbayieThe purpose of this paper is to find the effect of quality of tax administration on firm productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Also, the paper investigates whether the effect…
Service recovery satisfaction and customer commitment in the airline business: An emerging African market perspective
Rosemary Matikiti, Mercy Mpinganjira, Mornay Roberts-LombardThe purpose of this paper is to examine the precursors and outcomes of service recovery satisfaction and customer commitment among airline business customers.
The effect of government spending innovations on the Ethiopian economy: A dis-aggregate structural vector auto-regressive analysis
Hayelom Yrgaw Gereziher, Naser Yenus NuruThe purpose of this paper is to estimate the size of government spending components’ multipliers for the Ethiopian economy over the sample period of 2001Q1 up to 2017Q4.
Pricing agricultural inputs from biodiversity-rich ecosystems and habitats without input markets
Laura Onofri, Mario VolpeThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the analysis of an understudied problem in the economic literature. It proposes a valuation methodology for inputs that come from…
Assessing the impact of knowledge management on total factor productivity
Mina Sami, Randa El BedawyThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of knowledge management (KM) on the total factor productivity (TFP) at the organizational level in Egypt.
Foreign aid and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Nihar Ranjan Jena, Narayan SethiThe purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the effectiveness of foreign aid in improving economic growth prospects in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region from 1993 to…
The dynamic effects of monetary policy innovations in Ethiopia
Naser Yenus Nuru, Habtamu KefelegnThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of unanticipated monetary policy innovations on output and price for Ethiopia from 1991:Q1 to 2016:Q1.
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