Public debts and private assets: Explaining capital flight from Sub-Saharan African countries

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-130

  Ndikumana, Léonce ^a   Boyce, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital control; Capital flight; Debt; Debt relief; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL MARKET; CREDIT PROVISION; DEBT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0037218054     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00181-X     Document Type: Article

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