Intelligence and Slave Exports from Africa

Simplice Asongu and Oasis Kodila-Tedika

Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 2020, vol. 32, issue 2, 145-159

Abstract: This article examines the role of cognitive ability or intelligence on slave exports from Africa. We test a hypothesis that countries which were endowed with higher levels of cognitive ability were more likely to experience lower levels of slave exports from Africa probably due to comparatively better capacities to organize, co-operate, oversee and confront slave traders. The investigated hypothesis is valid from alternative specifications involving varying conditioning information sets. The findings are also robust to the control of outliers. JEL: I20, I29, N30

Keywords: Intelligence; trade; slavery; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Working Paper: Intelligence and Slave Exports from Africa (2019)
Working Paper: Intelligence and Slave Exports from Africa (2019)
Working Paper: Intelligence and Slave Exports from Africa (2019)
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