Fiscal deficit in sub-saharan Africa: A new intuition from the institution and political drivers

• Ezekiel Olamide Abanikanda ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ezekiel Olamide Abanikanda, James Temitope Dada, Rotimi Ayoade Ogunjumo

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: abanikanda.ezekiel@gmail.com

  Affiliation Economic and Business Policy Department, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7129-7620

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• James Temitope Dada ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ezekiel Olamide Abanikanda, James Temitope Dada, Rotimi Ayoade Ogunjumo

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile–Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

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• Rotimi Ayoade Ogunjumo

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ezekiel Olamide Abanikanda, James Temitope Dada, Rotimi Ayoade Ogunjumo

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Economics, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria, Landmark University SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth Group), Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9202-3565

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