Purpose Given the ever-growing fiscal commitments of Nigeria and her chequered history electricity generation distribution, fortunes energy sector in country have been affected by prevalence poverty. Government policies such as public capital expenditure (PCE) present a crucial option for reducing poverty Nigeria, providing purpose this study. Design/methodology/approach To investigate relation...

This study analyses the long- and short-term dynamics of determinants insurance penetration for period 1999Q1 to 2019Q4 in 15 West African countries. The panel auto regressive distributed lag model was used on quarterly data gathered. A cointegrating short-run momentous connection discovered between along with independent variables, which were education, productivity, dependency, inflation inco...

The hidden non-linear association between governance indicators & stock market development (SMD) of Pakistan has been scrutinized in this study by using two comparative co-integrating techniques known as ARDL (Auto-regressive Distributed Lag) NARDL (Non-linear ARDL). Empirical evidence suggests that misrepresented inferences arise ignoring non-linearity nexus the variables. results indicate...

Purpose The main objective of this study is to examine how political institutions affect economic performance in Ethiopia over the 1980–2019 time periods. Design/methodology/approach Mainly, impact institution indicators including, level democracy, violence, democratic accountability and regime durability have been examined using auto regressive distributed lag (ARDL) bound test approach co-int...

Emerging stock markets are characterized by strong investor sentiment and rapid fluctuations in returns. However, the role of on asset pricing has not been explored these markets. This study sought to establish if effect profitability risk factor returns would vary with level at Kenyan equity market. A quantitative causal time-series design was adopted analyze cause-effect relationship among va...

The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted structural shocks on the global economic system by raising high uncertainty. Policymakers are exploring alternative measures and incentivizing foreign direct investment for restoration of operations to achieve short- long-term growth. Given this, study examines response FDI inflow measure change in productive capacity. capacity is proxied change, private busi...