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Corruption in Africa: What role does ICT diffusion play
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
This paper assesses the determinants of corruption in Africa and focuses on the effect of ICT diffusion on corruption. Using a sample of 47 African countries over the period from 1996 to 2014, empirical findings provide ...
Credit bureaus, corruption and banking stability
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
This study assesses the impact that credit bureaus can have on the occurrence of banking crises, using data for 32 countries over the period 2004-2016 while considering the interference effect of corruption. Different ...
Does ICT promote democracy similarily in developed and developing countries? A linear and nonlinear panel threshold framework
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This paper assesses the impact of ICT adoption on democracy for a panel of 70 countries over the period 2000-2017. We consider two different measures of ICT and check for the stability of the relationship for different ...
Industrialization, FDI and absorptive capacities: evidence from African Countries
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Springer
, 2022 , Article)
This paper assesses the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the industrialization of African economies. In particular, we address the nonlinearity issue and investigate the role of the recipient countries' absorptive ...
Does corruption impede international trade? New evidence from the EU and the MENA countries
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Statistical Economic and Social Research and
, 2015 , Article)
This paper uses a gravity trade model to examine the effect of corruption on bilateral trade for a sample of 37 countries representing two regions: the Middle East and North Africa and the European Union during the period ...
Does ICT diffusion matter for corruption? An Economic Development Perspective
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article)
This study assess the impact of ICT diffusion on corruption by using instrumental variables method on a panel data set of 175 countries over the period 1996-2014. We check for the stability of the ICT-corruption nexus for ...