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Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial … we document a positive cross-sectional association between national institutions and regional economic development … regional development. The positive within country effect of pre-colonial institutions also obtains in regions of partitioned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683528
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National Institutions and African Development: Evidence from Partitioned Ethnicities
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We investigate the role of national institutions on regional development in a novel framework. We exploit the fact that … correlation between formal national institutions and economic development has to be carefully interpreted. … institutions. Using both a matching-type and a regression discontinuity approach we show that differences in countrywide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084103
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Pre-colonial Ethnic Institutions and Contemporary African Development
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We investigate the role of deeply-rooted pre-colonial ethnic institutions in shaping comparative regional development … association between pre-colonial ethnic political centralization and regional development. This pattern is not driven by … positive association between pre-colonial political complexity and contemporary development also holds within pairs of adjacent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084243
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Further Evidence on the Link between Pre-Colonial Political Centralization and Comparative Economic Development in Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We examine the link between pre-colonial statehood and contemporary regional African development, as reflected in …-country analysis reveals a strong positive correlation between pre-colonial political centralization and contemporary development (and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084301
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On the Ethnic Origins of African Development: Chiefs and Pre-colonial Political Centralization
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
shaping African development. First, using recent surveys from Sub-Saharan African countries, we document that individuals … various historical and contemporary functions of tribal leaders (chiefs) and illustrate their influence on various aspects of … a strong association between pre-colonial centralization and contemporary comparative development both across and within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084579
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Race v. Suffrage: The Determinants of Development in Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
1950s. Finally, we turn to the determinants of a broad array of development indicators for the year 1960 and for the 1960 …-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321839
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De Jure and de Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. We apply a variety of estimation techniques to a previously unexploited dataset on voter registration by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084306
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Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Can international migration promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability? In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854468
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Long Term Persistence
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Is social capital long lasting? Does it affect long term economic performance? To answer these questions we test Putnam’s conjecture that today marked differences in social capital between the North and South of Italy were due to the culture of independence fostered by the free city-states...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789085
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Learning the Wealth of Nations
Buera, Francisco; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander; Primiceri, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We study the evolution of market-oriented policies over time and across countries. We consider a model in which own and neighbors' past experiences influence policy choices through their effect on policymakers' beliefs. We estimate the model using a large panel of countries and find that it fits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677235