Duration of Heads of State in Power and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Limi Kouotou Hibrahim () and Boniface Ngah Epo
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Limi Kouotou Hibrahim: University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon
Boniface Ngah Epo: University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon

Journal of Economic Development, 2023, vol. 48, issue 1, 145-172

Abstract: This paper evaluates the impact of the duration of heads of state in power on economic growth on a panel of 41 countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1990-2016. The results find diminishing returns after the optimal threshold of twelve, eleven and fifteen years for sub-Saharan Africa, English-speaking and French-speaking African countries respectively. The results are robust in both static and dynamic settings as well as for fixed effects related to the educational profile of heads of state

Keywords: Duration in Power; Economic Growth; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 O43 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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