...Innocent Ogbonnaya Unah; Abeeb Olatunde Olaniran; Lukman Abisoye Lasisi Purpose This study investigates the linear and nonlinear effects of financial development on trade openness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Design/methodology/approach This study focuses on SSA and its sub-regions over the period...

... from 45.98% in 2016 to 56.12% in 2021 (World Bank, 2023). This trade flow, undeniably, contributes to the rise in carbon emissions in sub-Saharan Africa, as previously discussed. Trade has the potential to facilitate the adoption of innovative green technologies, resulting in a decrease in pollution...

... of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Democracy Credit rating Sub-Saharan Africa Political rights Civil liberties Over the course of the last half-century, studies have shown that sovereign credit ratings (SCR) have a significant effect...

...Issahaku Haruna; Charles Godfred Ackah Purpose Africa's business environment (BE) is characteristically unfriendly and poses severe development challenges. This study evaluates the impact of business climate on productivity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach Macroeconomic...

...Olumide Olaoye; Segun Thompson Bolarinwa; Muhammad Yaseen Purpose The paper contributes to the literature on investment and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Specifically, the study examined the separate role of private and public investment in poverty reduction in a panel of 40 sub-Saharan...

.... Table A2 in Appendix gives the subcomponents, qualification criteria and range for each of these indices. Most countries, including the ones in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), have been facing pressure to increase the stringency of bank regulation since the aftermath of the 2007–2008 global...

...Godwin Okafor; Camilo Calderon Purpose This paper investigates the relationship between terrorism and firm financial performance in Nigeria. The country has become one of the riskiest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa due to the intensity of recent terror attacks. Also, there is a growing focus...

... 2018 27 03 2021 13 10 2021 01 02 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Economic output Total factor productivity Foreign investment Agricultural sector Manufacturing sector Service sector Sub-Saharan Africa...

...Sean Gossel Purpose This paper investigates whether democracy plays a mediating role in the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis is conducted using fixed effects and system GMM...

..., there is surprisingly little evidence of the drivers of the lending behavior of microfinance institutions. Hence, the purpose of this study is to identify the factors that influence the credit growth of MFIs in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach The study relies on unbalanced panel dataset of 130...

... 2019 17 07 2019 31 12 2019 23 02 2020 13 04 2020 20 04 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Stock markets Sub-Saharan Africa Uncovered interest rate parity Financial markets are critical...

... to attract the attention of researchers. As a result, this study will complement related extant growth studies, especially in the case of SSA. Sub-Saharan Africa Economic growth Panel ARDL Concessionality F35 F31 H63 O40 There are theories in literature upon which growth trajectory...

...Chimwemwe Chipeta; Chera Deressa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of firm- and country-specific factors on the dynamics of capital structure for a new data set of firms in Sub-Saharan Africa. Design/methodology/approach Panel data estimation techniques are carried...