We explore the potential effects of the first leaders of Sub-Saharan Africa. We first outline a set of theoretical … reasons for why leaders may matter particularly at the critical juncture of African independence and why this influence may be … effects of the education of African leaders. Only military coups seem able to break the persistent negative influence of this …

In the paper, we argue that trust is the missing link relating education, institutions, and economic development. We … argue that increased trust both increases education and improves legal and bureaucratic institutions, which in turn spurs … economic development. We substantiate this intuition with a series of regressions that show that trust determines both …