Jonathan E Ogbuabor
Biographic Data
| ID | 320144 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan E Ogbuabor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan E |
| FAMILY NAME | Ogbuabor |
| SIGNATURE | OGBUABOR J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0162-0303 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Economic Complexity and Sectoral Performance in Africa
In line with earlier research on economic development, which viewed development as a process of structural modification of the productive structure, this study concentrates on economic complexity and its role in the developmental process. We studied how economic complexity and economic governance institutions affect sectoral performance in Africa, and how economic governance institutions are moderating the economic complexity‐sectoral performance…
Eco‐Innovation as a Driver of Economic Complexity and Productive Capacity in the European Union
Following the dearth of empirical evidence on eco‐innovation as a driver of economic complexity and productive capacity, we studied a panel of 22 European countries from 2013 to 2022 using the system GMM estimator and other alternative panel estimators (including the dynamic bias‐corrected LSDV, the Prais‐Winsten, the Fixed‐effects with Driscoll‐Kraay Standard Errors, and the robust Pooled OLS estimators). Intriguingly, we find that eco‐innovatio…
Effect of Resource Rent on Infrastructural Development in Africa
This study investigates the effect of resource rent on infrastructural development in Africa and how governance institutions moderate this relationship. The pooled OLS and the dynamic system GMM estimation techniques are adopted with a panel of 52 African economies over the period 2005-2022. We find that resource rent significantly hampers infrastructural development in Africa, thereby reflecting the prevalence of the "natural resource curse" phe…
To What Extent Does Military Expenditure Mitigate the Effect of Terrorism on Economic Complexity in Europe
This study examines how military expenditure moderates the negative effect of terrorism on economic complexity in Europe. Terrorism is proxied by terrorism‐related incidences, fatalities, injuries, and hostages. The study utilizes a panel dataset comprising 33 European economies spanning the period 2011–2022. The primary empirical strategy employed is the Bias‐Corrected Method of Moments (BCMM), which effectively addresses potential estimation bi…
Remittance Inflow, Investment, and Economic Growth in Africa amidst Covid-19 Pandemic
Africa has fared well in the aspect of remittance receipts in recent years; however, the region recorded a decline in remittances amid the COVID-19 pandemic which constrained the circular flow of income significantly and ultimately economic growth. In view of this, this study investigates the economic effects of remittance inflows and investment on economic growth in Africa amid COVID-19 pandemic using a panel of 48 economies and estimated with p…
Environmental health performance and the nexus between terrorism and the economics of technological innovation
Effects of entrepreneurship and governance quality on global and regional economic performance
This study investigated the effects of entrepreneurship and governance quality on global and regional economic performance, and the moderating influence of governance quality on the entrepreneurship‐economic performance nexus. The study used a panel of 109 countries from 2010 to 2022. Prais‐Winsten regression, standard Fixed Effects regression with robust standard errors, Fixed Effects regression with Driscoll and Kraay standard errors, and the d…
Effects of Trade Openness and International Financial Inflows on Africa's Productive Capacity
We investigate the effects of trade openness and international financial inflows (including foreign direct investment, remittances and foreign aid inflows) on Africa's productive capacity and how governance institutions are moderating these effects. We adopt the dynamic system GMM modelling framework and the Bun and Carree (2005) bias-corrected least square dummy variable estimator with a panel of 43 African economies. We also use the Driscoll an…
The influence of Covid-19 pandemic and coping strategies on work operation of nonfarm household enterprises in Nigeria
Do industrialization, trade openness, and labor force participation enhance Africa’s productive capacity
We investigated the effects of industrialization, trade openness, and labor force participation on Africa’s productive capacity. We also examined how industrialization moderates the link between trade openness, labor force participation, and productive capacity. We adopted the pooled OLS, the dynamic system GMM, and the bias-corrected least squares dummy variable (LSDV) estimators for 49 African economies between 2000 and 2018. Our findings indic…
Analysis of Sectoral Outcomes and Institutional Quality Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa
Following the need for more recent rigorous empirical evidence on the role of institutions at sectoral level as well as the conflicting empirical evidences on the institutions-growth relationship in Africa, this study investigated the sectoral impacts of institutional quality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study also revisited the role of institutions in the aggregate economy. The system GMM estimation procedure and a panel of 42 SSA countries …
Moderating Effect of Institutional Quality on Relationship Between Foreign Aid and Economic Growth in Africa
Africa has received considerable amounts of external aid over the last two decades without significant improvements in socio-economic conditions on the continent. This study, therefore, examines the effects of foreign aid on growth in Africa, and how institutional quality can moderate these effects. The study used the system generalized method of moments estimation technique and a panel of forty-two African countries over the period 2010-2018. In…
Are Wealthy Countries Always Healthy? Health Outcomes and Public Health Spending Nexus in Nigeria
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the eight most populous nation in the world. She is currently the largest economy in Africa. Nigeria is considered to be relatively wealthy in terms of oil reserves; however, the level of poverty is still very high because of corruption and mismanagement. This study investigates the impact of public health expenditure on health outcomes in Nigeria, 1985-2019. Empirical results from the Classical …
Are anticompetitive behaviours rampant in global retail energy markets? A study of price elasticity, asymmetric price adjustment and rent-seeking
Analysis of Poverty Correlates and Multi‐Dimensionality in South East Nigeria
Using data from the Generalized Households’ Survey (GHS), this article analyzed the incidence of multi‐dimensional poverty and its determinants in South East Nigeria. Adopting the Alkire‐Foster methodology and the logit model, the study found that the significant predictors of poverty and deprivation across dimensions include income (less than minimum wage), education, and consumption. The result showed that based on per capita consumption expend…
Regional integration and growth
This study provides a pioneer analysis of the growth effect of WAEMU integration at the econometric level, unlike the extant literature that relied on descriptive analysis of the sub-region’s trade statistics. The study used robust instrumental variables system GMM regression in the framework of a cross-country growth model and annual panel data for the period 2000 to 2015. Contrary to the widely held view that regional economic integration foste…
Do industrialization, trade openness, and labor force participation enhance Africa’s productive capacity
We investigated the effects of industrialization, trade openness, and labor force participation on Africa’s productive capacity. We also examined how industrialization moderates the link between trade openness, labor force participation, and productive capacity. We adopted the pooled OLS, the dynamic system GMM, and the bias-corrected least squares dummy variable (LSDV) estimators for 49 African economies between 2000 and 2018. Our findings indic…
Regional integration and growth
This study provides a pioneer analysis of the growth effect of WAEMU integration at the econometric level, unlike the extant literature that relied on descriptive analysis of the sub-region’s trade statistics. The study used robust instrumental variables system GMM regression in the framework of a cross-country growth model and annual panel data for the period 2000 to 2015. Contrary to the widely held view that regional economic integration foste…
Moderating Effect of Institutional Quality on Relationship Between Foreign Aid and Economic Growth in Africa
Africa has received considerable amounts of external aid over the last two decades without significant improvements in socio-economic conditions on the continent. This study, therefore, examines the effects of foreign aid on growth in Africa, and how institutional quality can moderate these effects. The study used the system generalized method of moments estimation technique and a panel of forty-two African countries over the period 2010-2018. In…
Remittance Inflow, Investment, and Economic Growth in Africa amidst Covid-19 Pandemic
Africa has fared well in the aspect of remittance receipts in recent years; however, the region recorded a decline in remittances amid the COVID-19 pandemic which constrained the circular flow of income significantly and ultimately economic growth. In view of this, this study investigates the economic effects of remittance inflows and investment on economic growth in Africa amid COVID-19 pandemic using a panel of 48 economies and estimated with p…
Analysis of Poverty Correlates and Multi‐Dimensionality in South East Nigeria
Using data from the Generalized Households’ Survey (GHS), this article analyzed the incidence of multi‐dimensional poverty and its determinants in South East Nigeria. Adopting the Alkire‐Foster methodology and the logit model, the study found that the significant predictors of poverty and deprivation across dimensions include income (less than minimum wage), education, and consumption. The result showed that based on per capita consumption expend…
Effects of entrepreneurship and governance quality on global and regional economic performance
This study investigated the effects of entrepreneurship and governance quality on global and regional economic performance, and the moderating influence of governance quality on the entrepreneurship‐economic performance nexus. The study used a panel of 109 countries from 2010 to 2022. Prais‐Winsten regression, standard Fixed Effects regression with robust standard errors, Fixed Effects regression with Driscoll and Kraay standard errors, and the d…
Effects of Trade Openness and International Financial Inflows on Africa's Productive Capacity
We investigate the effects of trade openness and international financial inflows (including foreign direct investment, remittances and foreign aid inflows) on Africa's productive capacity and how governance institutions are moderating these effects. We adopt the dynamic system GMM modelling framework and the Bun and Carree (2005) bias-corrected least square dummy variable estimator with a panel of 43 African economies. We also use the Driscoll an…
Are Wealthy Countries Always Healthy? Health Outcomes and Public Health Spending Nexus in Nigeria
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the eight most populous nation in the world. She is currently the largest economy in Africa. Nigeria is considered to be relatively wealthy in terms of oil reserves; however, the level of poverty is still very high because of corruption and mismanagement. This study investigates the impact of public health expenditure on health outcomes in Nigeria, 1985-2019. Empirical results from the Classical …
Regional integration and growth
This study provides a pioneer analysis of the growth effect of WAEMU integration at the econometric level, unlike the extant literature that relied on descriptive analysis of the sub-region’s trade statistics. The study used robust instrumental variables system GMM regression in the framework of a cross-country growth model and annual panel data for the period 2000 to 2015. Contrary to the widely held view that regional economic integration foste…
Are anticompetitive behaviours rampant in global retail energy markets? A study of price elasticity, asymmetric price adjustment and rent-seeking
Analysis of Poverty Correlates and Multi‐Dimensionality in South East Nigeria
Using data from the Generalized Households’ Survey (GHS), this article analyzed the incidence of multi‐dimensional poverty and its determinants in South East Nigeria. Adopting the Alkire‐Foster methodology and the logit model, the study found that the significant predictors of poverty and deprivation across dimensions include income (less than minimum wage), education, and consumption. The result showed that based on per capita consumption expend…
Moderating Effect of Institutional Quality on Relationship Between Foreign Aid and Economic Growth in Africa
Africa has received considerable amounts of external aid over the last two decades without significant improvements in socio-economic conditions on the continent. This study, therefore, examines the effects of foreign aid on growth in Africa, and how institutional quality can moderate these effects. The study used the system generalized method of moments estimation technique and a panel of forty-two African countries over the period 2010-2018. In…
Are Wealthy Countries Always Healthy? Health Outcomes and Public Health Spending Nexus in Nigeria
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the eight most populous nation in the world. She is currently the largest economy in Africa. Nigeria is considered to be relatively wealthy in terms of oil reserves; however, the level of poverty is still very high because of corruption and mismanagement. This study investigates the impact of public health expenditure on health outcomes in Nigeria, 1985-2019. Empirical results from the Classical …
The influence of Covid-19 pandemic and coping strategies on work operation of nonfarm household enterprises in Nigeria
Do industrialization, trade openness, and labor force participation enhance Africa’s productive capacity
We investigated the effects of industrialization, trade openness, and labor force participation on Africa’s productive capacity. We also examined how industrialization moderates the link between trade openness, labor force participation, and productive capacity. We adopted the pooled OLS, the dynamic system GMM, and the bias-corrected least squares dummy variable (LSDV) estimators for 49 African economies between 2000 and 2018. Our findings indic…
Analysis of Sectoral Outcomes and Institutional Quality Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa
Following the need for more recent rigorous empirical evidence on the role of institutions at sectoral level as well as the conflicting empirical evidences on the institutions-growth relationship in Africa, this study investigated the sectoral impacts of institutional quality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study also revisited the role of institutions in the aggregate economy. The system GMM estimation procedure and a panel of 42 SSA countries …
Environmental health performance and the nexus between terrorism and the economics of technological innovation
Effects of entrepreneurship and governance quality on global and regional economic performance
This study investigated the effects of entrepreneurship and governance quality on global and regional economic performance, and the moderating influence of governance quality on the entrepreneurship‐economic performance nexus. The study used a panel of 109 countries from 2010 to 2022. Prais‐Winsten regression, standard Fixed Effects regression with robust standard errors, Fixed Effects regression with Driscoll and Kraay standard errors, and the d…
Effects of Trade Openness and International Financial Inflows on Africa's Productive Capacity
We investigate the effects of trade openness and international financial inflows (including foreign direct investment, remittances and foreign aid inflows) on Africa's productive capacity and how governance institutions are moderating these effects. We adopt the dynamic system GMM modelling framework and the Bun and Carree (2005) bias-corrected least square dummy variable estimator with a panel of 43 African economies. We also use the Driscoll an…
Economic Complexity and Sectoral Performance in Africa
In line with earlier research on economic development, which viewed development as a process of structural modification of the productive structure, this study concentrates on economic complexity and its role in the developmental process. We studied how economic complexity and economic governance institutions affect sectoral performance in Africa, and how economic governance institutions are moderating the economic complexity‐sectoral performance…
Eco‐Innovation as a Driver of Economic Complexity and Productive Capacity in the European Union
Following the dearth of empirical evidence on eco‐innovation as a driver of economic complexity and productive capacity, we studied a panel of 22 European countries from 2013 to 2022 using the system GMM estimator and other alternative panel estimators (including the dynamic bias‐corrected LSDV, the Prais‐Winsten, the Fixed‐effects with Driscoll‐Kraay Standard Errors, and the robust Pooled OLS estimators). Intriguingly, we find that eco‐innovatio…
Effect of Resource Rent on Infrastructural Development in Africa
This study investigates the effect of resource rent on infrastructural development in Africa and how governance institutions moderate this relationship. The pooled OLS and the dynamic system GMM estimation techniques are adopted with a panel of 52 African economies over the period 2005-2022. We find that resource rent significantly hampers infrastructural development in Africa, thereby reflecting the prevalence of the "natural resource curse" phe…
To What Extent Does Military Expenditure Mitigate the Effect of Terrorism on Economic Complexity in Europe
This study examines how military expenditure moderates the negative effect of terrorism on economic complexity in Europe. Terrorism is proxied by terrorism‐related incidences, fatalities, injuries, and hostages. The study utilizes a panel dataset comprising 33 European economies spanning the period 2011–2022. The primary empirical strategy employed is the Bias‐Corrected Method of Moments (BCMM), which effectively addresses potential estimation bi…
Remittance Inflow, Investment, and Economic Growth in Africa amidst Covid-19 Pandemic
Africa has fared well in the aspect of remittance receipts in recent years; however, the region recorded a decline in remittances amid the COVID-19 pandemic which constrained the circular flow of income significantly and ultimately economic growth. In view of this, this study investigates the economic effects of remittance inflows and investment on economic growth in Africa amid COVID-19 pandemic using a panel of 48 economies and estimated with p…
Economics (15 works) · Economic Growth and Development (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Economic system (6 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (5 works) · Corporate governance (4 works)