Investment in Africa’s Manufacturing Sector: a Four Country Panel Data Analysis.

Firm-level data for the manufacturing sector in Africa, presented in this paper, shows very low levels of investment. A positive effect from profits onto investment is identified in a flexible accelerator specification of the investment function controlling for firm fixed effects. There is evidence...

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Main Authors:	Bigsten, A, Collier, P, Dercon, S, Gauthier, B, Gunning, J, Isaksson, A, Oduro, A, Oostendorp, R, Pattillo, C, Söderbom, M, Sylvain, M, Teal, F, Zeufack, A
Format:	Working paper
Language:	English
Published:	CSAE (University of Oxford) 1997

Investment in Africa’s Manufacturing Sector: a Four Country Panel Data Analysis. by Bigsten, A, Collier, P, Dercon, S, Gauthier, B, Gunning, J, Isaksson, A, Oduro, A, Oostendorp, R, Pattillo, C, Söderbom, M, Sylvain, M, Teal, F, Zeufack, A

Published 1999

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Investment in Africa's manufacturing sector: a four country panel data analysis by Dercon, S, Bigsten, A, Collier, P, Gauthier, B, Gunning, J, Isaksson, A, Oduro, A, Oostendorp, R, Pattillo, C, Söderbom, M, Sylvain, M, Teal, F, Zeufack, A

Published 1997

Working paper

Investment in Africa’s Manufacturing Sector: a Four Country Panel Data Analysis.

Investment in Africa’s Manufacturing Sector: a Four Country Panel Data Analysis. by Bigsten, A, Collier, P, Dercon, S, Gauthier, B, Gunning, J, Isaksson, A, Oduro, A, Oostendorp, R, Pattillo, C, Söderbom, M, Sylvain, M, Teal, F, Zeufack, A

Investment in Africa's manufacturing sector: a four country panel data analysis by Dercon, S, Bigsten, A, Collier, P, Gauthier, B, Gunning, J, Isaksson, A, Oduro, A, Oostendorp, R, Pattillo, C, Söderbom, M, Sylvain, M, Teal, F, Zeufack, A

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