DURATION OF HEADS OF STATE IN POWER AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

This paper evaluates the impact of the duration of heads of state in power on economic growth on a panel of 41 countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1990-2016. The results find diminishing returns after the optimal threshold of twelve, eleven and fifteen years for sub-Saharan Africa, Engli...

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Published inJournal of economic development Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 145 - 172
Main Authors Hibrahim, Limi Kouotou, Epo, Niface Ngah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Seoul The Economic Research Institute, Chung-Ang University 01.03.2023
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Constitutional law
Democracy
Economic growth
Income redistribution
Linguistics
Literature reviews
Political power
Politics
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
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Summary:This paper evaluates the impact of the duration of heads of state in power on economic growth on a panel of 41 countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1990-2016. The results find diminishing returns after the optimal threshold of twelve, eleven and fifteen years for sub-Saharan Africa, English-speaking and French-speaking African countries respectively. The results are robust in both static and dynamic settings as well as for fixed effects related to the educational profile of heads of state.
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ISSN:0254-8372