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This paper presents new evidence on the power sharing layout of national political elites in a panel of African countries, most of them autocracies. We present a model of coalition formation across ethnic groups and structurally estimate it employing data on the ethnicity of cabinet ministers...
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assumption. Our comprehensive assessment for sub-Saharan Africa reveals that undernourished women and children are spread widely …
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explaining patterns of political centralization in Africa …
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In this paper we evaluate the impact of colonialism on development in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the world context … negative effect on development in Africa. To develop this claim we distinguish between three sorts of colonies: (1) those which …
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This paper estimates a dynamic structural model of discrete R&D investment and quantifies its cost and long-run benefit … expected firm value generated by the R&D investment. It increases firm value by 6.7 percent for the median firm in high … innovation significantly raise investment rates and productivity while reductions in startup costs have little effect …
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rates Africa would have enjoyed if these key determinants had taken OECD rather than African values. Expensive investment …The dismal growth performance of Africa is the worst economic tragedy of the XXth century. We document the evolution of …
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