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Essays on institutional evolution and economic development: evidence from Nigeria
Includes bibliographical references
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| author | Fadiran, David Oluwatosin |
| author2 | Sarr, Mare |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/16530 Essays on institutional evolution and economic development: evidence from Nigeria Fadiran, David Oluwatosin Sarr, Mare Economics Economic Development Nigeria Includes bibliographical references The important role of institutions is relatively agreed on within the growth literature, with most empirical evidence pointing towards a positive influence of institutions on economic growth. However, empirical analysis of the institutions and growth nexus have faced a few problems, which include: the lack of a clear distinction between the different types of institutions; (i.e. political institutions, economic institutions, and customary institutions); a lack of long-run data measuring institutions for most of sub-Saharan Africa; and the paucity of country specific studies - the majority of the empirical evidence have mainly focused on cross-country analysis. While extensions from cross-country analysis to country specific analysis is growing, empirical studies focused on sub-Saharan Africa remain limited. Within the African context, majority of empirical evidence suggest weak institutions as one of the main causes of its poor economic performance. However, due to the paucity of long-run data on institutions, such an hypothesis has not been empirically tested for specific countries. Motivated by these gaps, this thesis contains three essays that examine three types of institutions and their impact on the economy. The specific issues focused on include: the evolution of institutions; persistence of institutions; interdependence between political and economic institutions; interdependence between institutions and economic development; and the role of institutions in determining resource wealth effects. This thesis uses Nigeria as a case study, because of its standing as one of the larger economies in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in terms of its natural resources. In addition to this, Nigeria has experienced numerous regime and constitutional changes over the past few decades which may lead to interesting institutional dynamics. 2016-01-25T11:46:20Z 2016-01-25T11:46:20Z 2015 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16530 eng application/pdf School of Economics Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Economics Economic Development Nigeria Fadiran, David Oluwatosin Essays on institutional evolution and economic development: evidence from Nigeria |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Essays on institutional evolution and economic development: evidence from Nigeria |
| title_full | Essays on institutional evolution and economic development: evidence from Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Essays on institutional evolution and economic development: evidence from Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Essays on institutional evolution and economic development: evidence from Nigeria |
| title_short | Essays on institutional evolution and economic development: evidence from Nigeria |
| title_sort | essays on institutional evolution and economic development evidence from nigeria |
| topic | Economics Economic Development Nigeria |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16530 |
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