Connectedness and risk spillovers among sub-Saharan Africa and MENA equity markets

GD Lo, I Marcelin, T Bassène, A Lo - Emerging Markets Review, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates risk spillovers among sub-Saharan African (SSA) stock markets, the
Middle East, and North Africa (MENA). Analyzing daily data from March 27th, 2014, to …

The Ghanaian economy: an overview

P Alagidede, W Baah-Boateng… - Ghanaian Journal of …, 2013 - journals.co.za
The Ghanaian economy has been on an upward trajectory over the past three decades, yet
a number of challenges bedevil growth, redistribution and sustainability. After 56 years of …

Financial resource availability and corporate social responsibility expenditures in a sub‐Saharan economy: The institutional difference hypothesis

SD Julian, JC Ofori‐dankwa - Strategic Management Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Studies done in developed economies have demonstrated a positive relationship between
financial resource availability and CSR. Arguments that we term the Institutional Difference …

Foreign direct investment and stock market development: Ghana's evidence

AM Adam, G Tweneboah - International research journal of finance …, 2009 - papers.ssrn.com
Using multivariate cointegration and Innovation Accounting Methods, this paper examines
the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on stock market development in Ghana. The …

Bond markets in Africa

Y Mu, JG Stotsky, P Phelps - Review of Development Finance, 2013 - journals.co.za
African bond markets have been steadily growing in recent years, but nonetheless remain
undeveloped. African countries would benefit from greater access to financing and deeper …

Understanding the growth of African financial markets

M Andrianaivo, CA Yartey - African Development Review, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines empirically the determinants of financial market development in Africa
with an emphasis on banking systems and stock markets. The results show that income …

Asymmetric dynamic spillover and time-frequency connectedness in the oil-stock nexus under COVID-19 shock: Evidence from African oil importers and exporters

Y Chen, ZA Msofe, C Wang - Resources Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Amid the profound disruptions triggered by COVID-19 in financial markets, this paper
investigates changes in the interconnectedness behavior in terms of mean and volatility …

How does the cryptocurrency market affect the stock market performance in the MENA region?

M Sami, W Abdallah - Journal of Economic and Administrative …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper examines the impact of cryptocurrency market on the stock market
performance in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. A comparative analysis is …

FDI flows to sub-Saharan Africa: The impact of finance, institutions, and natural resource endowment

AE Ezeoha, N Cattaneo - Comparative Economic Studies, 2012 - Springer
Using a panel data from 38 Sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries and a dynamic system
GMM model, this study examines the individual and interactive impact of financial …

The development of stock markets: In search of a theory

KA El Wassal - International Journal of Economics and Financial …, 2013 - dergipark.org.tr
This paper aims to provide a framework for the main determinants of stock market
development. Assessing stock market development requires not only an understanding of its …