Déterminants de la structure des exportations des économies africaines au sud du sahara : le rôle du climat des affaires – cas de la zone franc –

Kuikeu, Oscar (2012): Déterminants de la structure des exportations des économies africaines au sud du sahara : le rôle du climat des affaires – cas de la zone franc –.

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to know if business climate can be consider like a cause of sub Saharan African export’s dependence against raw materials, and, for this purpose, we have assessed, in panel data, the effect of business climate in cfa farnc zone on the manufactured exports of selected cfa economies.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Manufactured exports and business climate : case of the cfa franc zone
• Language: French
• Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa, cfa franc, business climate, foreign direct investment, panel data
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F10 - General; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C2 - Single Equation Models ; Single Variables > C23 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models

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