The effect of foreign debt on economic growth in sub-Saharan African sub-regions
The main objective of this paper is to verify the effect of foreign debt on economic growth in sub-Saharan African sub-regions from 1980 to 2017. The paper applies the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) with robust standard deviations using the Lewbel’s estimator (2012). Results indicate that forei...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Analele Universității "Dunărea de Jos" Galați. Fascicula I, Economie și informatica aplicata Economie și informatica aplicata, 2020-05, Vol.26 (1), p.109-114 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The main objective of this paper is to verify the effect of foreign debt on economic growth in sub-Saharan African sub-regions from 1980 to 2017. The paper applies the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) with robust standard deviations using the Lewbel’s estimator (2012). Results indicate that foreign debt significantly enhances growth in four zones (SADC, EAC, CEMAC and ECOWAS) with different bearable thresholds. This seems to suggest that creditors may be aware that countries do not exceed their bearable threshold at least at regional level. |
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| ISSN: | 1584-0409 2344-441X 1584-0409 |
| DOI: | 10.35219/eai1584040988 |