This paper examines the relationship between democracy and economic growth in 30 Sub-Saharan African countries. As our … proxy for democracy we first use the democracy index constructed by Freedom House and then check the sensitivity of our … findings using, as an alternative proxy for democracy, the Legislative Index of Electoral Competitiveness (LIEC). We find …

African economies that export natural resources have benefited from positive terms-of-trade effects. In addition, there is …

. Specialization based on comparative advantage leads to gains from trade. If political conflict leads to a diminution of trade, then … at least a portion of the costs of conflict can be measured by a nation's lost gains from trade. The greater two nations …' gain from trade the more costly is bilateral (dyadic) conflict. This notion forms the basis of Baron de Montesquieu …

that affect conflict, including measures of trade and democracy. …We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a … positive effect on their conflict propensities because more closely related populations, on average, tend to interact more and …

1960 to 2010 and dynamic panel data analysis, we find a significant and negative relationship between income and democracy … exogenous and endogenous democracy. The former explains whether external factors, such as the end of the Cold War, as well as … Cold War has a significant influence on the democratisation process probably because of the pro-democracy policies …

democracy, an indication that the hypothesis may not hold in the region. We also investigate further by distinguishing between … exogenous and endogenous democracy. The former explains whether external factors, such as the end of the Cold War, as well as … Cold War has a significant influence on the democratisation process probably because of the pro-democracy policies …