This paper studies the effect of settlement and mortality on the growth of African financial markets using the mediation of institutions over the period 1996-2017. A comparative result is based on two types of data bases. Firstly, the Acemoglu et al.'s (2001) database and the Albouy's (2006)...

In this paper, we examine the transplantation of British company law into the Cape Colony in the late nineteenth century. The Cape Colony Companies Act of 1892 was like its British counterpart in that it provided minimal investor protection. This meant that promoters were free to choose the...