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 …

We study whether national leaders’ foreign education influences their foreign policy, measured by voting behavior at … abroad - makes leaders with foreign education more likely to vote with their host country. At the same time, such leaders … voting coincidence. To test this theory we make use of data on the educational background of 831 leaders and the voting …

Can political leaders change constituents' beliefs? If so, is it rhetoric, identity, or the interaction of the two that … messages. Our findings show that both leader messages and sources matter. Holding messages fixed, leaders persuade when …

In this paper we model the interaction between leaders, their followers and crowd followers in a coordination game with … risk dominant actions in the population. The existence of leaders and their followers, plus the local interaction, which … followership shows that leader followership can also be locally stable around Pareto dominant leaders. The paper answers the …

in this study include all Saudi leaders who work at the Saudi Irrigation Organization. About 120 managers participated in …

This paper studies whether and how religious leaders affect politics. Focusing on Italian dioceses in the period from …