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Journal of Economics and International Finance
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ISSN (Online) 2006-9812
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[33 journals]

Global economic policy uncertainty, oil shocks and volatility in some
Southern African Development Community stock markets: A GARCH-MIDAS
approach
- Abstract: This study investigates the effects of global economic policy uncertainty and oil shocks on stock market volatility in Botswana, Mauritius, and South Africa. Datasets from periods preceding and during the COVID-19 pandemic are utilized to provide evidence on the impact of global economic policy uncertainty (GEPU) and oil shocks on stock returns volatility in these countries. The examination ...
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +010
Determinants of urban poverty: The case of Goba Town, Bale Zone, Oromia,
Ethiopia
- Abstract: This study aims to assess the primary causes of urban poverty in Goba City, located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia. Data were collected from a representative sample of 384 households selected from specific kebeles in the study area using a combination of multistage and systematic sampling methods. The analysis of the data employed both descriptive statistics and a logit re...
  PubDate: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +010
Capital, risk and efficiency tradeoffs in Cameroonian banking
- Abstract: This paper analyzes the relationship between capital, risk and efficiency for a sample of 10 Cameroonian banks between 2014 and 2020. To reach the authors target, they specify a system of equations and estimate it using the two stage least squares panel data estimator technique. The empirical analysis shows that increases of bank capital do not reduce risk taking in Cameroonian commercial ba...
  PubDate: Wed, 31 May 2023 00:00:00 +010
The determinants of public debt in the Gambia: Estimates using the
autoregressive redistributed lag (ARDL) bound cointegration technique
- Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to examine the key determinants of public debt in the Gambia. To achieve this objective, the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARD) method was employed to examine the impact of short-run and long-run selected macroeconomic variables as well as a government effectiveness variable in determining the public debt level of The Gambia during the period 2000 to 201...
  PubDate: Wed, 31 May 2023 00:00:00 +010
Do exchange rates influence US poultry exports'
- Abstract: The United States is the worlds largest poultry producer and exports about 18% of its total poultry production. With the global demand for poultry products projected to rise further, understanding key factors in world trade is essential for better trade. We study the influence of key demand factors, that is, exchange rate, poultry price and income of importing country on US poultry products....
  PubDate: Wed, 31 May 2023 00:00:00 +010
Analysis of the impact of renewable energy use on GDP and employment in
Angola: An error correction model approach
- Abstract: This paper explores the impact of renewable energy on Angolas GDP and employment. The study used the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) and error correction models with data on renewable energy use, gross domestic product, unemployment rate, industry employment, vulnerable employment, labor force participation rate and gross fixed capital formation. This note contributes to the existing l...
  PubDate: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +010
Assessment of financial system and economic growth: An empirical evidence
from Ghana’s stock market
- Abstract: The importance of a countrys financial system to its economic well-being cannot be underestimated. This paper seeks to investigate whether causation exists between Ghanas financial system and economic growth. Ghanas financial system was measured using the efficiency, depth, and stability of the stock market, while economic growth was measured as the Gross Domestic Growth (GDP) per capita gro...
  PubDate: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +010
Cross-border trade and economic growth: An application to Côte d'Ivoire,
Ghana, Morocco, and Nigeria
- Abstract: The objective of this paper is two-fold. On one hand, it seeks to measure the direct effect of cross-border trade on the dynamism of the economies of countries such as Ghana, Cte dIvoire, Morocco and Nigeria from 1971 to 2020. On the other hand, it aims to verify the possibility of establishing a link between the volume of cross-border trade, the dynamics of certain variables (currency, popu...
  PubDate: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +010
Financial risk and financial performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria
- Abstract: The study examined the risk and stability of the Nigerian deposit money institutions. The study, which is a quasi-experimental one, examines how an independent variable that participants already had before the studys start influences a dependent variable, hence the ex post facto design was adopted. As of December 31, 2019, the population will consist of all Deposit Money Banks that have been...
  PubDate: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +010
Assessment of monetary policy transmission mechanism in Tanzania
- Abstract: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of alternative monetary policy transmission channels in Tanzania. Theoretically, monetary policy transmission is expected to differ between developed and developing countries due to varied structural and institutional features. The empirical work undertaken by this study suggests that the sensitivity of output and prices to changes in monetary poli...
  PubDate: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +010