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Publication List
2018 |
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1. | Efobi, Simplice Asongu & Ibukun Beecroft Uchenna A R (Ed.) 2018. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Foreign investment; Foreign aid; Terrorism @unpublished{Asongu_298, editor = {Simplice Asongu & Ibukun Beecroft A Uchenna R. Efobi}, url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Aid-Terrorism-and-Foreign-Direct-Investment.pdf}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-11-15}, abstract = {This paper examines the effect of foreign aid in the terrorism-FDI nexus while considering the extent of domestic corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 developing countries. The following findings are established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is apparent only in countries with higher levels of CC; foreign aid dampens the negative effect of terrorism on FDI only in countries with high levels of CC. The result is mixed when foreign aid is subdivided into its bilateral and multilateral components. Our findings are in accordance with the stance that bilateral aid is effective in reducing the adverse effect of terrorism on FDI. Multilateral aid also decreases the adverse effect of other forms of terrorism that can neither be classified as domestic nor as transnational. Policy implications are discussed.}, keywords = {Foreign investment; Foreign aid; Terrorism}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {unpublished} } This paper examines the effect of foreign aid in the terrorism-FDI nexus while considering the extent of domestic corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 developing countries. The following findings are established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is apparent only in countries with higher levels of CC; foreign aid dampens the negative effect of terrorism on FDI only in countries with high levels of CC. The result is mixed when foreign aid is subdivided into its bilateral and multilateral components. Our findings are in accordance with the stance that bilateral aid is effective in reducing the adverse effect of terrorism on FDI. Multilateral aid also decreases the adverse effect of other forms of terrorism that can neither be classified as domestic nor as transnational. Policy implications are discussed. |
2015 |
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2. | EFOBI, Simplice ASONGU & Ibukun BEECROFT Uchenna Foreign Direct Investment, Aid and Terrorism: Empirical Insight Conditioned on Corruption Control 2015. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Foreign investment; Foreign aid; Terrorism @workingpaper{EFOBI2015, title = {Foreign Direct Investment, Aid and Terrorism: Empirical Insight Conditioned on Corruption Control}, author = {Simplice ASONGU & Ibukun BEECROFT Uchenna EFOBI}, editor = {African 2015 Governance and Development Institute WP/15/007}, url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Foreign-Direct-Investment,-Aid,-Terrorism-and-corruption-control.pdf}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-03-01}, abstract = {This study checks the effect of foreign aid on terrorism and FDI, conditioned on domestic levels of corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 countries for the period 1984-2008. The following findings are established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is apparent only in higher levels of CC; foreign aid dampens the negative effect of terrorism on FDI only in higher levels of CC; when foreign aid is subdivided into its bilateral and multilateral components, the result is mixed. While our findings are in accordance with the stance that bilateral aid is effective in reducing the adverse impact of transnational terrorism, the position that only multilateral aid is effective at mitigating the adverse impact of domestic terrorism on FDI is not confirmed because multilateral aid also curbs the adverse effect of transnational terrorism on FDI. Moreover, multilateral aid also decreases the adverse effect of unclear and total terrorisms on FDI. Policy implications are discussed.}, keywords = {Foreign investment; Foreign aid; Terrorism}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {workingpaper} } This study checks the effect of foreign aid on terrorism and FDI, conditioned on domestic levels of corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 countries for the period 1984-2008. The following findings are established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is apparent only in higher levels of CC; foreign aid dampens the negative effect of terrorism on FDI only in higher levels of CC; when foreign aid is subdivided into its bilateral and multilateral components, the result is mixed. While our findings are in accordance with the stance that bilateral aid is effective in reducing the adverse impact of transnational terrorism, the position that only multilateral aid is effective at mitigating the adverse impact of domestic terrorism on FDI is not confirmed because multilateral aid also curbs the adverse effect of transnational terrorism on FDI. Moreover, multilateral aid also decreases the adverse effect of unclear and total terrorisms on FDI. Policy implications are discussed. |