(manufacturers, merchants) are most active in lobbying for industrialization. Third, industrial concentration increases progressive … lobbying for industrialization in the British data. … across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest groups. Yet, the link between structural change …

estimators and applying a battery of robustness checks. Industrialization in Africa is driven by historical legacies such as …This paper identifies the determinants of industrialization in 18 African countries, 1965 to 2018, using various …-shape relationship between industrialization and GDP per capita is consistent with (premature) de-industrialization. Technological change …

possible, and moreover that the contribution of manufacturing in Africa has been underestimated. As far as the future is … concerned, African countries will in differing degrees experience three varieties of industrialization, all influenced by new … services now perform functions previously expected from manufacturing. A third variety of future industrialization is labelled …

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is impacting on the industrialization options for Africa inter alia through … paper I set out the case for why Africa should industrialize. I then explore the opportunities and threats the 4IR pose for … Africa. Threats include job-losses and the re-shoring of manufacturing to advanced economies. Among the opportunities are …

agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to …

power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State …

political power at the expenses of the median voter. In particular, investments in lobbying activities allow the rich to obtain … variable taxes and lobbying. In addition, it is established the existence of a transitional dynamics featuring convergence to a … balanced growth path, characterized by constant taxes and lobbying (and a constant growth rate of consumption and capital …

the constituent ethnic groups. Our theory highlights the role of the local elite in lobbying for policies which favour … coordination costs across ethnic groups are relevant in determining the equilibrium lobbying behaviour. This results in ethnic …

The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional … views early industrialization as a predominantly deskilling process, the industrial revolution was conducive for human …

manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct time periods of industrialization since 1990, and explain the nature of I4 …