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Institutions and Other Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • David Fadiran
  • Olusegun A. Akanbi

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The primacy of factors of production, such as labour and capital, over Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in stimulating economic growth, has long been a contentious subject in discussions on the underlying causes of economic growth. While the roles of labour and capital have been exhaustively explored, TFP still has room for further exploration, more specifically […]

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  • David Fadiran & Olusegun A. Akanbi, 2017. "Institutions and Other Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa," Working Papers 714, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    1. Bakker, Bas & Ghazanchyan, Manuk & Ho, Alex & Nanda, Vibha, 2020. "The Lack of Convergence of Latin-America Compared with CESEE: Is Low Investment to Blame?," MPRA Paper 101287, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Eita, Joel Hinaunye & Pedro, Marcio Jose, 2020. "Modelling total factor productivity in a developing economy: evidence from Angola," MPRA Paper 101304, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 30 Apr 2020.
    3. Asma Saeed & Zahoor Ul Haq & Javed Iqbal, 2018. "Investigating the Nexus between Productivity and Export Performance of Pakistan," Global Economics Review, Humanity Only, vol. 3(2), pages 94-104, December.
    4. Delphin Kamanda Espoir & Nicholas Ngepah, 2021. "Income distribution and total factor productivity: a cross-country panel cointegration analysis," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 661-698, October.
    5. Taiwo Akinlo & Dauda Olalekan Yinusa & Akintoye Victor Adejumo, 2021. "Financial development and real sector in sub-Saharan Africa," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 54(2), pages 417-455, May.
    6. Cassandro Mendes & Yannis Arvanitis, 2021. "Working Paper 360 - Total factor productivity and growth strategy in Cabo-Verde," Working Paper Series 2486, African Development Bank.

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    Keywords

    capital - human; economic growth; financial development; Marketing; productivity; Sub-Saharan Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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