Bleaney, Michael; Dimico, Arcangelo - In: Journal of African Economies 19 (2010) 5, pp. 635-656
We show that geographical factors influence long-run per capita income directly, as well as indirectly, through the quality of institutions. The direct influence of geography on per capita incomes is robust to the inclusion of a sub-Saharan Africa dummy and other tests. We obtain our results by...