We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the … intensive and extensive margins of contemporary conflict are higher close to historical ethnic borders. Exploiting variations … find that regions crossed by historical ethnic borders have 27 percentage points higher probability of conflict and 7 …

We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the … intensive and extensive margins of contemporary conflict are higher close to historical ethnic borders. Exploiting variations … find that regions crossed by historical ethnic borders have 27 percentage points higher probability of conflict and 7 …

We examine the long-run consequences of the scramble for Africa among European powers in the late 19th century and … more prolonged and more devastating civil wars. Third, we identify sizeable spillovers; civil conflict spreads from the … sizable causal impact of the scramble for Africa on warfare. …

hypothesis is that, in sub-Saharan Africa, the slave trade represents the deep factor behind contemporary attitudes toward … underlying link between trust and the slave trade is confirmed. Alternative factors—conflict, kinship, and witchcraft beliefs …

hypothesis is that, in sub-Saharan Africa, the slave trade represents the deep factor behind contemporary attitudes toward … underlying link between trust and the slave trade is confirmed. Alternative factors - conflict, kinship, and witchcraft beliefs …

esector and allocate military reosurces between conflict and coercion, which captures more land and labour respectively. The … Russia, and the prevalence of slavery in West Africa. The second result explains why coercion decreased in the Kivu privinces … monopoly, but conflict between Spanish and Portuguese colonies escalated during the boom, reducing their coercive power. It …

We estimate the impact of geo-located mining concessions on the number of conflict events recorded in the Democratic …