Governance and Intelligence: Empirical Analysis from African Data

Oasis Kodila-Tedika

Journal of African Development, 2014, vol. 16, issue 1, 83-97

Abstract: This study aims at testing the relationship between intelligence and governance. It is based on African data. This study find s that countries with high-IQ populations generally enjoy good governance. Governance and Intelligence are found to mutually reinforce each other in a robust relationship however the study does not suggest the direction of causality between them.

Keywords: Institution; Governance; Intelligence; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 D73 I20 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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