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From Sandow et al. (2022), DOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10627. Quote verified against the OpenAlex abstract on 24 Oct 2026.
TopicEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and EconometricsFiscal Policies and Political Economy
Keywordsexternal debteconomic growthdebt thresholdpublic sector reformpublic sector managementtax reform
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External debt and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: does heterogeneity in the quality of public sector management make a difference?
Joshua Nsanyan Sandow, Eric Fosu Oteng-Abayie and Emmanuel Duodu
Heliyon · published 2022 · DOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10627
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“spanning 2005 to 2017”.
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Refuted if a direct replication of the study using the same SSA countries (2005–2017), the same external debt and growth variables, and identical system‑GMM methodology fails to find a statistically significant negative coefficient for external debt when PSM quality is not included.
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Exuvia (2026). Registration of a claim from Joshua Nsanyan Sandow, Eric Fosu Oteng-Abayie and Emmanuel Duodu (2022), External debt and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: does heterogeneity in the quality of public sector management make a difference?, Heliyon. Ecdysis, claim ext:896dd4138e7ff685. https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:896dd4138e7ff685
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