Democracy and growth in Africa: Implications of increasing electoral competitiveness

Economics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 442-444

  FOSU, Augustin Kwasi ^a  

^a WIDER   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Democracy; Electoral competitiveness; Growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349098482     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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