The Role of the Investment Climate and Tax Incentives in the Foreign Direct Investment Decision: Evidence from South Africa

Technology-driven information sharing and conditional financial development in Africa

“…In line with the fundamental objectives of ICT-driven information sharing offices, we might be tempted to go a step further to inferring that ICT-driven information sharing offices are relevant in stimulating competition and mitigating the abuse of market power by big banks, notably through reducing informational rents, sharing information to stimulate competition and rendering credit markets contestable (Pagano & Jappelli, 1993, p. 2019. The overwhelming positive role of ICT-driven information sharing offices in financial access is also a response to an evolving stream of African business literature which is consistent on the position that lack of financial access is one of the most important challenges to doing business on the continent (Bartels et al, 2009;Kolstad & Wiig, 2011;Tuomi, 2011;Darley, 2012;Tchamyou & Asongu, 2017). It follows that encouraging information sharing offices in Africa would improve financial access.…”

African Stock Market Performance Dynamics: A Multidimensional Convergence Assessment

“…The low level of FDI in Africa has been largely due to political economy considerations, regulatory uncertainty, skills, labor, regulation and exchange rate volatility (Bartels et al, 2009;Tuomi, 2011). Much recently, Darley (2012) has suggested the expansion of regional trading arrangements as key to looking outside the traditional flow of FDI to Africa.…”

Correcting Inflation with Financial Dynamic Fundamentals: Which Adjustments Matter in Africa?

“…Consistent with Asongu (2012Asongu ( , 2013a SSA's share of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) averages 1% of global flows (Bartels et al, 2009) and there is a pressing need for generation of private capital flows that are complementary to FDI (Rolfe & Woodward, 2004). Low inflation will ease the recommendation of Darley (2012) in the expansion of regional trade arrangements as key to looking outside traditional flows of FDI to Africa, which have been largely limited by political economy considerations, regulatory uncertainty, skills, labor, regulation and exchange rate volatility (Bartels et al, 2009;Tuomi, 2011).…”