The origin of the state: land productivity or appropriability?

Societies relying mainly on cereal crops for subsistence may be positively associated with jurisdictional hierarchy beyond the local level.

2SLS test produced significant results (p< .01) where cereal crop reliance was measured by the productivity advantage of cereal grains.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Ordinary least squares regression	Supported	p< .01	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Jurisdictional Hierarchy	Dependent	Territorial Hierarchy
Cereal crop reliance	Independent	Cereal Agriculture

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Bourguignon, Erika	1973	Levels of jurisdictional hierarchy will vary according to world region (48).	Support claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1971	"The more elaborate the jurisdictional hierarchy, the more likely riddles" (515)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1976	Possession-trance belief will be associated with jurisdictional hierarchy beyond the local level; possession-belief-only will not (43).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Barry III, Herbert	1972	"Jurisdictional hierarchy . . . is positively associated with games of chance both for the world sample and outside North America" (302)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Neupert-Wentz, Clara	2021	Jusidictional hierarchy will be correlated with the democraticness of traditional political systems in Africa.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author