Journal of Economics and Development: Volume 22 Issue 2 , Open Access

Threshold effects of public debt on economic growth in Africa: a new evidence

Arcade Ndoricimpa

The purpose of this study is to seek to re-examine the threshold effects of public debt on economic growth in Africa.

The cost efficiency of Vietnamese banks – the difference between DEA and SFA

Phong Hoang Nguyen, Duyen Thi Bich Pham

The paper aims to enrich previous findings for an emerging banking industry such as Vietnam, reporting the difference between the parametric and nonparametric methods when…

Financial integration and macroeconomic volatility in Zimbabwe

Richard Makoto

Many developing countries are pursuing policies that foster international financial integration after decades of financial repression. Greater access to foreign financial markets…

Interdependence between banking earnings, banking security and growth achievement: case study in the ASEAN community

Minh Phu Pham

The main purpose of this paper is to examine the existence of interdependence amongst banking earnings, banking security and growth performance across the Association of Southeast…

Corruption and SME financing structure: the case of Vietnamese manufacturing

Mai Hong Phan, Lan Archer

Corruption has been evidenced as one of the major factors that drive a firm's dynamics and growth. This study examines the relationship between corruption and financing structure…

Population growth, income growth and savings in Ghana

John Gartchie Gatsi, Michael Owusu Appiah

The study explores the relationship among economic growth, population growth, gross savings and energy consumption over the period 1987– 2017.

Assessing the influence of exchange rate on agricultural commodity export price: evidence from Vietnamese coffee

Trung Tuyen Dang, Caihong Zhang, Thi Hong Nguyen, Ngoc Trung Nguyen

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the influence of VND/USD exchange rate on Vietnamese coffee export price (PVN).

A mixed data sampling approach to the asymmetric impacts of world oil price on macroeconomic variables in Vietnam

Trinh Thi Tuyet Pham, Nhan Phan Ai Le

This paper aims to analyse the asymmetric impacts of world oil price on macroeconomic variables in Vietnam, including domestic oil price, inflation and output growth.

Modelling the synergy between fiscal incentives and foreign direct investment in Ghana

Adamu Braimah Abille, Desmond Mbe-Nyire Mpuure, Ibrahim Yahaya Wuni, Peter Dadzie

The purpose of the paper was to investigate the role of fiscal incentives in driving foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the Ghanaian economy based on data from 1975 to…

Ownership structure and demand for independent directors: evidence from an emerging market

Quoc Trung Tran

In this study, we examine how ownership structure affects the use of independent directors in Vietnam – an emerging stock market.