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Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa

Nunn, Nathan; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

effect on income. However, in Africa rugged terrain afforded protection to those being raided by slave traders. Since the … slave trade retarded subsequent economic development, in Africa ruggedness also has had a historical indirect positive … Africa the indirect positive effect dominates the direct negative effect. Looking within Africa, we provide evidence that the …

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National Institutions and African Development: Evidence from Partitioned Ethnicities

Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We investigate the role of national institutions on regional development in a novel framework. We exploit the fact that the arbitrary political boundaries in the eve of African independence partitioned more than two hundred ethnic groups across different countries subjecting similar cultures,...

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Pre-colonial Ethnic Institutions and Contemporary African Development

Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We investigate the role of deeply-rooted pre-colonial ethnic institutions in shaping comparative regional development within African countries. We combine information on the spatial distribution of ethnicities before colonization with regional variation in contemporary economic performance, as...

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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

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 …

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The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa

Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We examine the long-run consequences of the scramble for Africa among European powers in the late 19th century and … sizable causal impact of the scramble for Africa on warfare. …

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Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa

Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial …

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Growth, History, or Institutions? What Explains State Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella; Guerzoni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic …

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Growth and Structural Transformation

Herrendorf, Berthold; Rogerson, Richard; Valentinyi, Akos - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Structural transformation refers to the reallocation of economic activity across the broad sectors agriculture, manufacturing and services. This review article synthesizes and evaluates recent advances in the research on structural transformation. We begin by presenting the stylized facts of...

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Global View of Economic Growth

Ventura, Jaume - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper integrates in a unified and tractable framework some of the key insights of the field of international trade and economic growth. It examines a sequence of theoretical models that share a common description of technology and preferences but differ on their assumptions about trade...

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Neoclassical Growth and the 'Trivial' Steady State

Hakenes, Hendrik; Irmen, Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

If capital is an essential input, the neoclassical growth model has a steady state with zero capital. From this, one is inclined to conclude that an economy starting without capital can never grow. We challenge this view and claim that, if the production function satisfies the Inada conditions,...

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