Forget your gods: African evidence on the relation between state capacity and cognitive ability of leading politicians
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- Kodila-Tedika , Oasis, 2014. "Forget your gods: African evidence on the relation between state capacity and cognitive ability of leading politicians," European Economic Letters, European Economics Letters Group, vol. 3(1), pages 7-11.
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Keywords
State capacity; cognitive ability of leading politicians; Intelligence; Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2013-04-27 (Africa)
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