?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2738%2F&rft.title=Is+Africa+Different%3F+Historical+Conflict+and+State+Development&rft.creator=Dincecco%2C+Mark&rft.creator=Fenske%2C+James&rft.creator=Onorato%2C+Massimiliano+Gaetano&rft.subject=DT+Africa&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=JF+Political+institutions+(General)&rft.description=We+show+that+the+consequences+of+historical+warfare+for+state+development+differ+for%0D%0ASub-Saharan+Africa.+We+identify+the+locations+of+more+than+1%2C500+conflicts+in+Africa%2C+Asia%2C%0D%0Aand+Europe+from+1400+to+1799.+We+find+that+historical+warfare+predicts+common-interest%0D%0Astates+defined+by+high+fiscal+capacity+and+low+civil+conflict+across+much+of+the+OldWorld.%0D%0AFor+Sub-Saharan+Africa%2C+historical+warfare+predicts+special-interest+states+defined+by+high%0D%0Afiscal+capacity+and+high+civil+conflict.+Our+results+offer+new+evidence+about+where+and%0D%0Awhen+%E2%80%9Cwar+makes+states.%E2%80%9D&rft.publisher=IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca&rft.date=2015-08&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nc&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2738%2F1%2FWP_2015_8.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dincecco%2C+Mark+and+Fenske%2C+James+and+Onorato%2C+Massimiliano+Gaetano++Is+Africa+Different%3F+Historical+Conflict+and+State+Development.++EIC+working+paper+series++%238%2F2015++++IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca++++ISSN+2279-6894.++++(Submitted)+++