Nunn (2008) found a negative relationship between past slave exports and economic performance within Africa. Here we … raiding outside Africa, and find evidence that questions the validity of such suggestion. In addition, our reading of the …

Can the slave trade explain Africa's propensity for conflict? Using variation in slave exports driven by the … propensities in pre-colonial Africa and that this effect has persisted to the present. Moreover, we find empirical evidence … suggesting two related mechanisms for this persistence --- natural resources and national institutions. These results "decompress …

We examine the impact of the African slave trade between 1400 and 1900 on corporate tax evasion in modern Africa. Using …-related institutions. These channel tests suggest that the historical slave trade had a persistent deteriorating effect on society’s tax … compliance norms and the quality of tax-related institutions. The historical slave trade also results in more tax avoidance of …

Nunn (2008) found a negative relationship between past slave exports and economic performance within Africa. Here we … raiding outside Africa, and find evidence that questions the validity of such suggestion. In addition, our reading of the …

knowledge growth as reflected in patents statistics. New Zealand's distinctive institutions and human capital fostered the … intensive growth. By investigating the cointegrating and causal relationships among the output of 25 industries we show that a … integrated farm and factory to promote intensive growth. …

We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic …, demographic, geographic and istitutional regressors, we find that institutions, and in particular the civil liberties index and …. Economic factors such as income growth and investment display a non robust impact after controlling for omitted variables and …

-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial … groups in different countries subjecting identical cultures to different country-level institutions. Our regression …

We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic …, demographic, geographic and istitutional regressors, we find that institutions, and in particular the civil liberties index and …. Economic factors such as income growth and investment display a non robust impact after controlling for omitted variables and …

We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic …, demographic, geographic and istitutional regressors, we find that institutions, and in particular the civil liberties index and …. Economic factors such as income growth and investment display a non robust impact after controlling for omitted variables and …