Africa and intervenes in the debate on the mediating effect of cash crops on resilience to shocks. We employ a dual research … administrative records and construct a panel dataset of 151 districts across West, South-central and East Africa in the Interwar Era …

shock to indigenous societies induced by Africa's slave trade influences postcolonial politics by tragically improving … coups in postcolonial states. Falsification tests exploiting the timing of cassava's arrival in Africa and the regional …

Can the slave trade explain Africa's propensity for conflict? Using variation in slave exports driven by the … interaction between foreign demand shocks and heterogeneity in trade costs, we show that the slave trade increased conflict … propensities in pre-colonial Africa and that this effect has persisted to the present. Moreover, we find empirical evidence …

This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa's peculiar history … influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further …

This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa's peculiar history … influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further …