Festus Bekun

Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences

Turkey

  • Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (11)

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A Composite Measure of Financial Inclusion in Nigeria (1992 - 2019): A Principal Component Analysis Approach

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Oct 2020
Isaac Inyang, Eko Omini and Festus Bekun
Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria., Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. and Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences
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Financial Inclusion, Financial Inclusion Index, Principal Component Analysis, Parametric Method

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The Criticality of Growth, Urbanization, Electricity and Fossil Fuel Consumption to Environment Sustainability in Africa

Science of the Total Environment, Volume 712, 10 April 2020, 136376.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Feb 2020
Simplice Asongu, Mary Agboola, Andrew Alola and Festus Bekun
African Governance and Development Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences
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non- renewable energy consumption; electricity consumption; economic growth; panel econometrics; Africa

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An Empirical Retrospect of the Impacts of Government Expenditures on Economic Growth: New Evidence from the Nigerian Economy

Forthcoming, Journal of Economic Structures
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Jan 2020
Stephen Taiwo Onifade, Savas Cevik, Savaş Erdoğan, Simplice Asongu and Festus Bekun
Selcuk University, Selçuk University - Department of Economics, Selçuk University - Department of Economics, African Governance and Development Institute and Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences
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Fiscal Policies; Economic Growth; Debt to GDP ratio; ARDL Models

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Revisiting the Trade and Unemployment Nexus: Empirical Evidence from the Nigerian Economy

Journal of Public Affairs, 20(3), e2053(August, 2020).
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2020
Stephen Taiwo Onifade, Ahmet Ay, Simplice Asongu and Festus Bekun
Selcuk University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, African Governance and Development Institute and Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences
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Nigeria; Unemployment; Trade; Phillips Curves; Okun’s law

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ICT Diffusion, Renewable Energy Consumption and Co2 Emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Aug 2022
Abdulwahab Bello, Jiang Renai, Abubakar Hassan, Festus Bekun and Umar Aliyu Shuaibu
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal University Dutse, Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences and Near East University - Department of Economics
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ICT diffusion, CO2 emissions, Renewable energy, Panel data econometrics, sub-saharan africa

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Can Information and Communication Technology and Institutional Quality Help Mitigate Climate Change in E7 Economies? An Environmental Kuznets Curve Extension

Forthcoming: Journal of Economic Structures
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Sep 2022
Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Asiedu Benjamin, Festus Bekun and Simplice Asongu
Cyprus International University, Cyprus International University, Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences and African Governance and Development Institute
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ICT; environmental sustainability; institutional quality; renewable energy transition; carbon-reduction; economic globalization, panel econometrics; E7 economies

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Flexible Time‐Varying Betas in a Novel Mixture Innovation Factor Model with Latent Threshold

Balcilar M, Demirer R, Bekun FV. Flexible Time-Varying Betas in a Novel Mixture Innovation Factor Model with Latent Threshold. Mathematics. 2021; 9(8):915. https://doi.org/10.3390/math9080915
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Apr 2021
Mehmet Balcilar, Riza Demirer and Festus Bekun
University of New Haven, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville - Department of Economics & Finance and Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences
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ime‐varying beta, risk premium, asset pricing, bayesian estimation, thresholds

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Toward achieving sustainable development agenda: Nexus between Agriculture, Trade Openness, and Oil rents in Nigeria

Forthcoming: Open Agriculture
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Jun 2022
Festus Adedoyin, Olawumi Osundina, Festus Bekun and Simplice Asongu
Bournemouth University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences and African Governance and Development Institute
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Agriculture, sustainability; Bayer-Hanck cointegration; Nigeria

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Does sustainable growth, energy consumption and environment challenges matter for Belt and Road Initiative feat? A novel empirical investigation

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Feb 2025
Abdul Rauf, Xiaoxing Liu, Waqas Amin, Obaid Ur Rehman, Jinkai Li, Fayyaz Ahmad and Festus Bekun
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), Southeast University - School of Economics and Management, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics, Independent, Lanzhou University and Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences
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Modeling the Dynamic Nexus Among Coal Consumption, Pollutant Emissions and Real Income: Empirical Evidence From South Africa

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 8772-8782, 2020
Posted: 02 Jul 2020
Cosimo Magazzino, Festus Bekun, Etokakpan Mfonobong Udom, Gizem Uzuner and Gizem Uzuner
University of Rome III, Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences, University Of Ibadan,Nigeria and Eastern Mediterranean UniversityEastern Mediterranean University

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Coal Consumption, Economic Growth, Environmental Kuznets Curve, South Africa

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Modelling the Nexus between Pollutant Emission, Energy Consumption, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: New Insights from China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 17831-17842, 2020
Posted: 02 Jul 2020
Cosimo Magazzino, Edmund N. Udemba and Festus Bekun
University of Rome III, Eastern Mediterranean University - Departments of Economics and Istanbul Gelisim University - Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences

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Pollutant Emissions, Energy Consumption, FDI, Tourism, Economic Growth, China, ARDL