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Construction, institutions and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Jones O. Mensah
  • Paul Alagidede

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The construction sector in developing countries has propelled economic growth in the most recent period, yet analysis of growth performance has failed to take this into account. This article is a comparative analysis of the relationship between the construction sector and aggregate output for a panel of sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries using a panel generalized […]

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  • Jones O. Mensah & Paul Alagidede, 2016. "Construction, institutions and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa," Working Papers 622, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    1. Shahzad, Syed Jawad Hussain & Hernandez, Jose Areola & Rehman, Mobeen Ur & Al-Yahyaee, Khamis Hamed & Zakaria, Muhammad, 2018. "A global network topology of stock markets: Transmitters and receivers of spillover effects," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 492(C), pages 2136-2153.
    2. Çetin, Ahmet Burak, 2019. "The Effect of Economic and Political Institutions on Economic Growth: The Case of Developed Countries and Emerging Market Economies," Bulletin of Economic Theory and Analysis, BETA Journals, vol. 4(2), pages 1-31, December.

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    Keywords

    economic growth; Infrastructure; institutions; productivity; Quantitative Methods; Sub-Saharan Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
    • N6 - Economic History - - Manufacturing and Construction
    • N67 - Economic History - - Manufacturing and Construction - - - Africa; Oceania
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies

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