@article{Asongu_308,
author = {& Leke I J Asongu S. A.},
url = {http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/UyXYDcecB7fZRHuKNg6D/full},
doi = {10.1177/0976747918802649},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-10-30},
journal = {Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice},
abstract = {The study investigates whether development assistance can be used to crowd-out the negative effect of terrorism on international trade. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 78 developing countries for the period 1984–2008 and quantile regressions. The following main findings are established. First, bilateral aid significantly reduces the negative effect of transnational terrorism on trade in the top quantiles of trade distribution. Second, multilateral aid also significantly mitigates the negative effect of terrorism dynamics on trade in the top quantiles of trade distributions. It follows that it is primarily in countries with above-median levels of international trade that development assistance can be used as an effective policy tool for dampening the adverse effects of terrorism on trade. Practical implications are discussed. Moreover, steps or strategies that can be adopted by managers of corporations involved in international trade are provided, inter alia: (a) the improvement in physical security in high risky places, (b) the reduction of uncertainty linked with politically risky investment environments, (c) the reduction of costs associated with investments in locations that are very likely to be impacted by terrorism, (d) the role of security consultants and (e) the enhancement of security in networks.},
keywords = {Developing countries, Development, Exports, Foreign aid, terrorism},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Asongu_401,
author = {& Odhiambo N M Asongu S. A.},
url = {http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/kYZJPaYxxPsj8Ak59Riq/full},
doi = {10.1177/0266666917744006},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-12-01},
journal = {Information Development},
abstract = {The transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals has substantially shifted the policy debate from development to inclusive development. Using interactive quantile regressions, we examine the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (quality of growth, inequality and poverty) among individuals in 93 developing countries for the year 2011. Mobile banking entails: ‘mobile used to pay bills’ and ‘mobile used to receive/send money’. The findings broadly show that increasing mobile banking dynamics to certain thresholds would increase (decrease) quality of growth (inequality) in quantiles at the high-end of inclusive development distributions for the most part. The study is original in that it explores the relationship between mobile banking and inclusive development using three measurements of inclusive development, namely: quality of growth, inequality and poverty. As a main policy implication, encouraging mobile banking applications would play a substantial role in responding to the challenges of immiserizing growth, inequality and poverty in developing countries.},
keywords = {Developing countries, Inequality, Mobile banking, Poverty, quality of growth},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@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}
}