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dc.contributor.authorBertocchi, Graziellaen
dc.contributor.authorGuerzoni, Andreaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-17-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:07:44Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:07:44Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36291-
dc.description.abstractWe explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic, demographic, geographic and istitutional regressors, we find that institutions, and in particular the civil liberties index and the number of revolutions, are the main determinants of fragility, even taking into account their potential endogeneity. Economic factors such as income growth and investment display a non robust impact after controlling for omitted variables and reverse causality. Colonial variables reflecting the history of the region display a marginal impact on fragility once institutions are accounted for.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4817en
dc.subject.jelO43en
dc.subject.jelH11en
dc.subject.jelN17en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordState fragilityen
dc.subject.keywordAfricaen
dc.subject.keywordinstitutionsen
dc.subject.keywordcolonial historyen
dc.subject.stwPolitische Stabilitäten
dc.subject.stwInstitutionalismusen
dc.subject.stwKolonialismusen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftswachstumen
dc.subject.stwAfrika südlich der Saharaen
dc.titleGrowth, history, or institutions? What explains state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn621252093en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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