Purpose: Motivated by the scant available evidence, this paper explores the relationship between government political party orientation and infant mortality. Design/methodology/approach: A panel quantile methodology is applied to a data set that consists of 15 countries of the G20 group over...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the alleged link between institutional quality and economic performance in 27 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries during the period 1984-2003. Design/methodology/approach – Four institutions' quality indicators, namely government stability,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the alleged link between institutional quality and economic performance in 27 Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) countries during the period 1984‐2003. Design/methodology/approach – Four institutions' quality indicators, namely government...