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Democracy and growth in Africa: Implications of increasing electoral competitiveness

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ECONOMICS LETTERS
Volume 100, Issue 3, Pages 442-444

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.03.016

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democracy; growth; electoral competitiveness; Africa

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Estimating a 1975-2004 decadal panel data in an augmented production-function framework, the paper finds that indexes of electoral competitiveness exhibit U-shape relationships with GDP growth, implying quite different intermediate and advanced-level effects of reforms in Africa. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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