Empirical Evidence of Economic Bipolarization in Africa

Table 2

The transition matrices.

(a) Period 1966–1976

	76
66	0,6–1,0	1,0–1,4	Total
0,6–1,0	0,735	0	0,735
1,0–1,4	0,059	0,206	0,265
Total	0,794	0,206	1

(b) Period 1976–1985

	85
76	0,6–1,0	1,0–1,4	Total
0,6–1,0	0,676	0,118	0,794
1,0–1,4	0,029	0,176	0,206
Total	0,706	0,294	1

Sources: Author's calculation.

(c) Period 1985–1996

	96
85	0,6–1,0	1,0–1,4	Total
0,6–1,0	0,706	0	0,706
1,0–1,4	0,029	0,265	0,294
Total	0,735	0,265	1

(d) Period 1996–2003

	03
96	0,6–1,0	1,0–1,4	Total
0,6–1,0	0,735	0	0,735
1,0–1,4	0,029	0,235	0,265
Total	0,765	0,235	1