comparative development. We also show that ethnic inequality goes in tandem with lower levels development also within countries …

economic development and the dynamics of inequality withinand across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit … evolved non-monotonicallyin the course of human history. In early stages of development, risk-tolerant, growthpromoting traits … process of economic development. Inmature stages of development, however, risk-averse traits gained an evolutionary advantage …

We investigate the role of national institutions on subnational African development in a novel framework that accounts …-effect of national institutions on ethnic development masks considerable heterogeneity partially driven by the diminishing role …

-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial …-colonial ethnic institutional traits and contemporary regional development. While this correlation does not necessarily identify a …

to comparative development. Second, differences in geographic endowments across ethnic homelands explain a sizable portion … that between ethnic-group inequality is systematically linked to regional under-development. In this sample we also explore … the channels linking ethnic inequality to (under) development, finding that ethnic inequality maps to political inequality …

-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 …

-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 …

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 …