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Statistics and IQ in Developing Countries : A Note
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2017
The purpose of this study is to assess the nexus between intelligence (or human capital) and statistical capacity in … statistics in developing countries and (ii) an evolving stream of literature on knowledge economy. We have established a positive … association between intelligence quotient (IQ) and statistical capacity. The relationship is: (i) consistent with the employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971020
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Human capital and national institutional quality : are TIMSS, PISA, and national average IQ robust predictors?
Jones, Garett; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014
Is human capital a robust predictor of good institutions? Using a new institutional quality measure, the International Property Rights Index (IPRI), we find that cognitive skill measures are significant, robust, and large in magnitude. We use two databases of cognitive skills: estimates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354080
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Tribalism and government effectiveness
Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2016
This study assesses the relationship between tribalism (the tribalism index) and government effectiveness (per the World Bank) in 60 countries using cross-sectional data. This study finds that countries with high tribal populations generally enjoy bad governance in terms of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586959
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Tribalism and Government Effectiveness
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
This study assesses the relationship between tribalism (the tribalism index) and government effectiveness (per the World Bank) in 60 countries using cross-sectional data. This study finds that countries with high tribal populations generally enjoy bad governance in terms of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965258
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An empirical note on tribalism and government effectiveness
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This study assesses the relationship between tribalism (the tribalism index) and government effectiveness (per the World Bank) in 65 countries using cross-sectional data averages from 2000-2010. This study finds that countries with high-tribal populations generally enjoy bad governance in terms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408488
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An Empirical Note on Tribalism and Government Effectiveness
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2015
This study assesses the relationship between tribalism (the tribalism index) and government effectiveness (per the World Bank) in 65 countries using cross-sectional data averages from 2000-2010. This study finds that countries with high-tribal populations generally enjoy bad governance in terms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015345
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Pleasures of skill and moral conduct
Falk, Armin; Szech, Nora - 2016
This paper provides controlled experimental evidence that striving for pleasures of skill can have negative moral consequences and causally reduce moral values. Subjects perform an IQ-test. They know that each correctly solved question increases the likelihood of moral transgression. In terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420699
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The sensitive nature of social trust to intelligence
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A.; Azia-Dimbu, … - 2016
This study investigates the relationship between social trust and intelligence. The extreme bound analysis of Levine … between social trust and intelligence. We have contributed to the literature by confirming that the previously established … positive linkage between intelligence and trust is not statistically fragile. In fact the nexus withstands further empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440570
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The effect of intelligence on financial development : a cross-country comparison
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
We assess the correlations between intelligence and financial development in 123 countries using data averages from … magnitude. (2) The correlation between intelligence and other financial variables are broadly similar. (3) The underlying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409062
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Intelligence and slave exports from Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2019
This article examines the role of cognitive ability or intelligence on slave expor ts from Africa. We test a hypothesis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998057