ON THE DETERMINANTS OF THE EXTERNAL DEBT LEVEL OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES IN THE FRANC ZONE: THE ROLE OF POLITICAL FACTORS

Autor: Yann Nguedie
Jazyk: Arabic<br />English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Revue des Etudes Multidisciplinaires en Sciences Economiques et Sociales, Vol 3, Iss 3 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2489-2068
DOI: 10.48375/IMIST.PRSM/remses-v3i3.10627
Popis: This paper assesses the role of political factors as determinants of the external debt level of African countries in the Franc Zone1 over the period 1985-2013. Based on a logit in panel, our results show that the more a country is politically stable, the lower the external debt compared to the gross domestic product. Political stability multiplies 1.18% the chances of being in the sustainable zone of external indebtedness. Thus, countries with good political institutions experience less severe external debt effects than countries with poor political institutions.
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