The African tragedy: the effect of democracy on economic growth
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-021-02049-9
Abstract: We estimate the effect of democracy on economic growth for the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa in comparison with other countries. We find that in contrast to other countries, democracy in Africa benefits neither GDP per… read more here.
Keywords: democracy economic; economic growth; democracy; effect democracy ... See more keywords
Foreign Direct Investment, Democracy and Economic Growth in Southern Africa
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DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12242
Abstract: This paper investigates the link between foreign direct investment (FDI), democracy and economic growth on a panel of eight Southern African countries for 1980–2014 using the system generalized method-of-moment (GMM) estimator. We find that FDI… read more here.
Keywords: economic growth; direct investment; growth; democracy economic ... See more keywords