@techreport{Bertocchi2011Growth,
abstract = {This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa's peculiar history, which has been marked by its colonization experience. Next I discuss the potential growth impact of state fragility, a concept which reflects multiple facets of the dysfunctions that plague the continent. The last topic I address is the influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further research.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Graziella Bertocchi},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {O43; N17; H11; 330; growth; Africa; history; colonization; institutions; state fragility; slavery},
language = {eng},
note = {urn:nbn:de:101:1-201107283824},
number = {5856},
publisher = {IZA},
title = {Growth, colonization, and institutional development: In and out of Africa},
type = {Discussion paper series // Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51839},
year = {2011}
}
