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Indigenous origins of institutions in sub-Saharan Africa
Torrance, Samantha - 2013
effect that these institutions may have had, and continue to have, on contemporary institutional performance. Using … current institutions and are shown to be complementary to existing measure of institutional quality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010200352
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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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Cabinet size, power-sharing and ethnic exclusion in Africa
Omgba, Luc Désiré; Avom, Désiré; Mignamissi, Dieudonné - In: Economics of governance 22 (2021) 1, pp. 47-64
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499675
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Roots of tolerance among second-generation immigrants
Berggren, Niclas; Ljunge, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2019
informal institutions - that predict their level of tolerance towards gay people. Using the epidemiological method allows us to … valuing children taking responsibility), as well as impartial institutions in the ancestral country, predict higher individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021633
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Fractionalization, entrepreneurship, and the institutional environment for entrepreneurship
Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 48 (2017) 3, pp. 577-597
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Roots of tolerance among second-generation immigrants
Berggren, Niclas; Ljunge, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - In: Journal of institutional economics 15 (2019) 6, pp. 999-1016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012434868
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Diaspora entrepreneurs' push and pull institutional factors for investing in Africa : insights from African returnees from the United Kingdom
Nyame-Asiamah, Frank; Amoako, Isaac Oduro; … - In: Technological forecasting & social change : an … 152 (2020), pp. 1-16
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012234610
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Pre-colonial ethnic institutions and party politics in Africa
Amodio, Francesco; Chiovelli, Giorgio; Munson, Dylan - In: Journal of comparative economics : the journal of the … 50 (2022) 4, pp. 969-980
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477738
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Ancestral institutions and the salience of African ethnicity : theory and evidence
Adera, Abreham - In: Journal of institutional economics 20 (2024), pp. 1-18
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014519829
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The Poor, the Rich and the Enforcer: Institutional Choice and Growth
Koeppl, Thor; Monnet, Cyril; Quintin, Erwan - 2007
We study economies where improving the quality of institutions - modeled as improving contract enforcement - requires …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011940764