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- Title
Economic policy uncertainty, governance institutions and economic performance in Africa: are there regional differences?
- Authors
Ekeocha, Davidmac O.; Ogbuabor, Jonathan E.; Ogbonna, Oliver E.; Orji, Anthony
- Abstract
In recent years, the global economy has witnessed several uncertainty-inducing events. However, empirical evidence in Africa on the effects of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on economic activities remains scanty. Besides, the moderating effect of governance institutions on the uncertainty-economic performance relationship in Africa and the likelihood of regional differences in the response of economic activities to EPU on the continent are yet to be investigated. To address these gaps, we applied system GMM and quantile regressions on a panel of forty-seven African countries from 2010 to 2019. We find that while global EPU and EPUs from China, USA and Canada exert considerable influence on economic performance in Africa, the effects of domestic EPU and EPUs from Europe, UK, Japan, and Russia were negligible, suggesting that African economies are resilient to these sources of uncertainty shocks. We also find that governance institutions in Africa are not significantly moderating the uncertainty-economic performance relationship. However, our results highlighted regional differences in the response of economic activities to uncertainty, such that when compared to East and West Africa, economic performance in Central, North and Southern Africa is generally more resilient to global EPU and EPUs from China, USA, Europe and UK. We highlighted the policy implications of these findings.
- Subjects
ECONOMIC uncertainty; ECONOMIC indicators; ECONOMIC policy; REGIONAL economic disparities; REGIONAL differences; UNITED States economy
- Publication
Economic Change & Restructuring, 2023, Vol 56, Issue 3, p1367
- ISSN
1573-9414
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10644-022-09472-7