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Urbanization, Governance and Informal Economy: an African Tale

Hermann Ndoya hegueu & Aristophane Djeufack dongmo

Economics Bulletin2021article
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Using system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), and Panel Smooth Transition Regression (PSTR) on an unbalanced panel data of 45 African countries over the period 2000-2015, this paper empirically analyzes the role of governance in the relationship between urbanization and informal economy. Our results show that there is a reverse U-shaped relationship between urbanization and the informal economy. At the earlier stage, urbanization increases informal economy in Africa, and in the later stage the effect of urbanization on informal economy decreases with the interaction of governance quality.

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@article{hermann2021,
  title        = {{Urbanization, Governance and Informal Economy: an African Tale}},
  author       = {Hermann Ndoya hegueu & Aristophane Djeufack dongmo},
  journal      = {Economics Bulletin},
  year         = {2021},
}

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0.49

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.36 × 0.4 = 0.14
M · momentum0.80 × 0.15 = 0.12
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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