Economic development and democracy: The modernization hypothesis in sub-Saharan AfricaFootnote

We acknowledge comments received at the brown bag seminars (University of Pretoria), the Economics Society of South Africa Conference in Bloemfontein, the 8th New Frontiers in African Economic History’ Workshop at Lund University, the 15th Global Development Network Conference in Accra, the Annual International Conference of the Research Group on Development Economics in Passau, the 20th Annual International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance in Crete, the African Econometric Society Meeting in Nelspruit, the African Studies Association of Africa Conference in Accra, and funding from Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA). We also acknowledge comments received from the anonymous reviewers.

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