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Does land abundance explain African institutions?
Fenske, James - 2009
Egba of southwestern Nigeria from 1830 to 1914. While many Egba institutions were typical of a land-abundant environment …
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Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade
Fenske, James; Kala, Namrata - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
to climate change. Cold weather shocks at the peak of the slave trade predict lower economic activity today. We support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108075
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Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade
Fenske, James; Kala, Namrata - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
strongest where African ecosystems are least resilient to climate change, and is robust to several alternative specifications …
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Strangers and foreigners : trust and attitudes toward citizenship
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo; Tedeschi, Gian Luca - 2022
underlying link between trust and the slave trade is confirmed. Alternative factors - conflict, kinship, and witchcraft beliefs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012820685
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Strangers and foreigners : trust and attitudes toward citizenship
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo; Tedeschi, Gian Luca - 2022
We analyze the relationship between natives' attitudes towards citizenship acquisition for foreigners and trust. Our hypothesis is that, in sub-Saharan Africa, the slave trade represents the deep factor behind contemporary attitudes toward citizenship, with more intense exposure to historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805676
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Strangers and foreigners : trust and attitudes toward citizenship
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo; Tedeschi, Gian Luca - 2022
underlying link between trust and the slave trade is confirmed. Alternative factors-conflict, kinship, and witchcraft beliefs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012807784
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Strangers and foreigners: Trust and attitudes toward citizenship
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo; Tedeschi, Gian Luca - 2022
underlying link between trust and the slave trade is confirmed. Alternative factors-conflict, kinship, and witchcraft beliefs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821230
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Strangers and Foreigners: Trust and Attitudes toward Citizenship
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo; Tedeschi, Gian Luca - 2022
underlying link between trust and the slave trade is confirmed. Alternative factors—conflict, kinship, and witchcraft beliefs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882618
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Strangers and Foreigners: Trust and Attitudes toward Citizenship
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo; Tedeschi, Gian Luca - 2022
We analyze the relationship between natives' attitudes towards citizenship acquisition for foreigners and trust. Our hypothesis is that, in sub-Saharan Africa, the slave trade represents the deep factor behind contemporary attitudes toward citizenship, with more intense exposure to historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802807
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Climate, urbanization, and conflict : the effects of weather shocks and floods on urban social disorder
Castells-Quintana, David; McDermott, Thomas K. J. - 2019
large cities. Our findings have important implications for evaluating future climate change, as well as for policies … regarding adaptation to climate change and disaster resilience. …
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