@article{Asongu_578,
author = {Simplice A Asongu},
url = {http://ijie.um.edu.my/filebank/published_article/9684/Law%20and%20Investment%20in%20Africa.pdf},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-04-01},
journal = {Institutions and Economies},
volume = {8},
number = {2},
pages = {91-120},
abstract = {Contrary to mainstream consensus on the dominance of English common law countries in investment prospects, this paper sets a new tone in the legal origins debate by providing empirical validity on the dominance of French civil law countries in private investment. This assessment is based on 38 African countries for the period 1996-2007. The law mechanisms of regulation quality and rule of law are used to investigate how legal origins (French, English, French sub-Saharan, Portuguese and North African) have
influenced a plethora of investment dynamics (domestic, foreign, private and public). The dominance of French civil law countries in prospects for private investments could be traceable to their relatively low and stable inflation rates due to common monetary policies.},
keywords = {Developing countries, investment, law},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Asongu_702,
author = {Simplice A Asongu},
url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12114-013-9173-7},
doi = {10.1007/s12114-013-9173-7},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-06-04},
journal = {The Review of Black Political Economy},
volume = {41},
number = {2},
pages = {145-175},
abstract = {This paper assesses if legal origin explains domestic, foreign, private and public investments through financial intermediary channels of depth, efficiency, activity and size. The findings show that legal origin matters in the finance-investment nexus, though its ability to explain aggregate investment dynamics only through financial intermediary channels is limited in the cases of private and public investments.},
keywords = {Developing countries, Finance, investment, law},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}