We examine the long-run consequences of the scramble for Africa among European powers in the late 19th century and … sizable causal impact of the scramble for Africa on warfare. …

-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 …

-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 …

We examine the long-run consequences of the scramble for Africa among European powers in the late 19th century and …

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 …

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. …