TY  - RPRT
ID  - eprints2738
EP  - 39
KW  - Keywords: warfare
KW  -  state development
KW  -  fiscal capacity
KW  -  civil conflict
KW  -  Africa. 
JEL codes: C10
KW  -  H20
KW  -  O55
KW  -  N40
KW  -  P48
Y1  - 2015/08//
TI  - Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State Development
AV  - public
UR  - http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2738/
SN  - 2279-6894
PB  - IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
A1  - Dincecco, Mark
A1  - Fenske, James
A1  - Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano
N2  - We show that the consequences of historical warfare for state development differ for
Sub-Saharan Africa. We identify the locations of more than 1,500 conflicts in Africa, Asia,
and Europe from 1400 to 1799. We find that historical warfare predicts common-interest
states defined by high fiscal capacity and low civil conflict across much of the OldWorld.
For Sub-Saharan Africa, historical warfare predicts special-interest states defined by high
fiscal capacity and high civil conflict. Our results offer new evidence about where and
when ?war makes states.?
M1  - imt_eic_working_paper
ER  -