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Borderline Disorder : (De Facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Contemporary Conflict in Africa
Depetris-Chauvín, Emilio - 2020
We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the intensive and extensive margins of contemporary conflict are higher close to historical ethnic borders. Exploiting variations across artificial regions within an ethnicity's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822452
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(De Facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Land Tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Depetris-Chauvín, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2023
We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014358713
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Rural Windfall or a New Resource Curse? Coca, Income, and Civil Conflict in Colombia
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2007
, appear especially likely to be exploited by the parties to a civil conflict. Even legally traded commodities such as oil and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776917
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The Long-Run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900
Iyigun, Murat - 2017
This paper provides evidence of the long-run effects of a permanent increase in agricultural productivity on conflict. We construct a newly digitized and geo-referenced dataset of battles in Europe, the Near East and North Africa covering the period between 1400 and 1900 CE. For variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941248
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Institutions, Culture, and Wetland Values
Chaikumbung, Mayula - 2018
assess three dimensions of institutional quality: economic freedom, democracy, and good governance. We also consider the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909973
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Climate Change and Political Participation : Evidence from India
Amirapu, Amrit; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Rud, Juan Pablo - 2022
We study the effects of extreme temperature shocks on political participation using data from Indian elections between 2009 and 2017. Taking advantage of localized, high-frequency data on land surface temperatures, we find that areas with greater cumulative exposure to extreme temperatures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014241334
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Are All Democracies Equally Good? The Role of Interactions Between Political Environment and Inequality for Rule of Law
Sunde, Uwe; Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe - 2021
Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant negative interaction effect between democracy and … inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316859
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Institutions and Development in MENA Region : Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector
Arayssi, Mahmoud - 2015
This paper examines the role of institutions (including civil law origin), financial deepening and degree of regime authority on growth rates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using panel data through a fixed effect model. The results reveal that English civil law origin and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029625
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Key Players in Economic Development
Amarasinghe, Ashani - 2020
This paper analyzes the role of networks in the spatial diffusion of local economic shocks in Africa. We show that road and ethnic connectivity are particularly important factors for diffusing economic spillovers over longer distances. We then determine the key players, i.e., which districts are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838479
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The Transmission of Democracy : From the Village to the Nation-State
Giuliano, Paola - 2013
We provide evidence that a history of democracy at the local level is associated with contemporary democracy at the … national level. Auxiliary estimates show that a tradition of local democracy is also associated with attitudes that favor … democracy, with better quality institutions, and higher level of economic development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087428