Acemoglu, Daron; Reed, Tristan; Robinson, James A. - In: Journal of Political Economy 122 (2014) 2, pp. 319-319
We study the effect of constraints on chiefs' power on economic outcomes, citizens' attitudes, and social capital. A paramount chief in Sierra Leone must come from a ruling family originally recognized by British colonial authorities. In chiefdoms with fewer ruling families, chiefs face less...