...Rexford Abaidoo; Elvis Kwame Agyapong Purpose This study examines how institutional quality influences variability in financial development among economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach Empirical estimations verifying various relationships are performed using...

... The study adopts the threshold approach, namely the panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) model, for the annual data collection of 18 emerging and developing Asian countries in 22 years. The authors analyze the alternative PSTR models on different proxies of financial development (FD). Findings...