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Leadership favouritism in Africa

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  • Souleymane Soumahoro

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In this note, I document a strong and positive relationship between the ethnic affiliation of African leaders and satellite night-time luminosity in the historical homelands of ethnic groups. Using a unique data-set on 630 ethnicities and 86 leaders from 48 African countries, I show that luminosity is on average 75% relatively higher in leaders' ethnic homelands.

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  • Souleymane Soumahoro, 2015. "Leadership favouritism in Africa," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(15), pages 1236-1239, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:22:y:2015:i:15:p:1236-1239
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1021451
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    1. De Luca, Giacomo & Hodler, Roland & Raschky, Paul A. & Valsecchi, Michele, 2018. "Ethnic favoritism: An axiom of politics?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 115-129.
    2. Ole Magnus Theisen & Håvard Strand & Gudrun Østby, 2020. "Ethno-political favouritism in maternal health care service delivery: Micro-level evidence from sub-Saharan Africa, 1981–2014," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 23(1), pages 3-27, March.
    3. Daniel L. Hicks & Beatriz Maldonado & Brian Piper & Alejandra Goytia Rios, 2018. "Identity, Patronage, and Redistribution: Economic Inequality in Bolivia under Evo Morales," Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Springer, vol. 1(1), pages 26-41, July.
    4. Soumahoro, Souleymane, 2020. "Ethnic politics and Ebola response in West Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 135(C).

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