Summary of JOIE article ( First View 27 October 2020) by Niclas Berggren, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden, and Therese Nilsson, Department of Economics, Lund University, Sweden. The full article is available on the JOIE website. One of the oldest forms of intolerance and hatred is directed against Jews for being Jews….
Month: January 2021
Financial globalization and institutions in Africa: the case of foreign direct investment, central bank independence and political institutions
Summary of JOIE article (16(6), December 2020) by Abel Mawuko Agoba, Department of Banking and Finance, Central University, Tema, Ghana, Elikplimi Agbloyor, Department of Finance, University of Ghana Business School, Afua Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako, Department of Finance, University of Ghana Business School, and Mac-Clara Acquah, Zenith University College, Trade Fair, Accra, Ghana. The full article is…
Financial Institutions and the British Industrial Revolution: Did Financial underdevelopment hold back Growth?
Summary of JOIE article (17(3), June 2021) by Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Institute for International Management, Loughborough University London. The complete article is available on the JOIE website. This is a summary of an article that addresses the role of financial institutions in empowering the British Industrial Revolution. Prominent economic historians have argued that investment was largely…