| Title: | Does Financial Development Drive Entrepreneurship in Africa? A Panel Data Analysis |
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| Authors: | ID Noah, Afees Oluwashina (Author)
ID Oladipo Olalekan, David (Author) |
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| Files: |  https://ojs.upr.si/index.php/fm/article/download/166/81
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Article |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | ZUP - University of Primorska Press
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| Abstract: | Entrepreneurship in Africa faces a multitude of challenges, with financial issues being prominently discussed in scholarly literature. Thus, this study explores how financial development plays a crucial role in encouraging entrepreneurship in Africa, analysing both short- and long-term impacts alongside the direction of causality within the continent. The study utilises panel data regression techniques to analyse data from 28 African countries, spanning from 2006 to 2020. The analysis reveals that financial development, alongside the growth of financial institutions and markets, consistently boosts entrepreneurship development in both time frames. Even though this is more pronounced in the long run, this suggests that the influence of financial development and its components is uniformly positive, with no significant differential impacts observed in either the short or long run. Causality results establish unidirectional causality between entrepreneurship, financial development, and its components, flowing from financial development and its components to entrepreneurship development. Given these insights, the study underscores the necessity for policymakers to focus on sustainable financial development strategies that enhance stability and inclusivity within financial markets.
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| Keywords: | Africa, entrepreneurship, financial development, panel regression |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 29.03.2025 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 23, no. 1 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUP-22246  |
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| eISSN: | 1854-6935 |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.26493/1854-6935.23.49-78 |
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| Publication date in RUP: | 18.12.2025 |
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