How Can Economic and Political Liberalisation Improve Financial Development in African Countries?
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- Michael Enowbi‐Batuo & Mlambo Kupukile, 2010. "How can economic and political liberalisation improve financial development in African countries?," Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 2(1), pages 35-59, April.
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Keywords
Political Liberalisation; Economic Liberalisation; Financial Development and Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
- G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2010-02-27 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2010-02-27 (Development)
- NEP-POL-2010-02-27 (Positive Political Economics)
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