Forget your gods: African evidence on the relation between state capacity and cognitive ability of leading politicians

Oasis Kodila-Tedika

European Economic Letters, 2014, vol. 3, issue 1, 7-11

Abstract: This paper uses a unique dataset to investigate the effect of the cognitive ability of leading politicians on state capacity. Given the evidence that cognitive ability of leading politicians’ affects state capacity positively, except Africa. For the continent, this relationship between state and cognitive ability of leading politicians is negative. This finding is robust to a wide range of specifications and controls variables. Justifications for the unexpected nexus are provided.

Keywords: State capacity; Cognitive ability of leading politicians; Intelligence; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 H11 O20 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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