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Does land abundance explain African institutions?
Fenske, James - 2009
the model, the existence of land rights, slavery, and polygyny occurred in those parts of Africa that were the most …, slavery, and polygyny. I then use crosssectional data on pre-colonial African societies to demonstrate that, consistent with …
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Does land abundance explain African institutions?
Fenske, James - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 123 (2013) 573, pp. 1363-1390
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Climate and the slave trade
Fenske, James; Kala, Namrata - In: Journal of development economics 112 (2015), pp. 19-32
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Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade
Fenske, James; Kala, Namrata - 2013
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1807 : economic shocks, conflict and the slave trade
Fenske, James; Kala, Namrata - 2014
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Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade
Fenske, James; Kala, Namrata - 2012
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1807 : economic shocks, conflict and the slave trade
Fenske, James; Kala, Namrata - In: Journal of development economics 126 (2017), pp. 66-76
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Land abundance and economic institutions : Egba land and slavery, 1830 - 1914
Fenske, James - In: The economic history review : a journal of economic and … 65 (2012) 2, pp. 527-555
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Does land abundance explain African institutions?
Fenske, James - 2009
the model, the existence of land rights, slavery, and polygyny occurred in those parts of Africa that were the most …, slavery, and polygyny. I then use crosssectional data on pre-colonial African societies to demonstrate that, consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282730
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Land abundance and economic institutions: Egba land and slavery, 1830-1914
Fenske, James - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The ``land abundance'' view of African history uses sparse population to explain economic institutions. I provide supporting evidence from the Egba of Nigeria. I use early colonial court records to show that Egba institutions fit the theory's predictions. Before 1914, the Egba had poorly defined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498476