Pre-colonial ethnic institutions and party politics in Africa

Pre-colonial centralization predicts less political competition in modern day Africa.

Remains significant at the 1% level across all geographic and historical controls.

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

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Political competitiveness	Dependent	Political Parties, Elections
Pre-colonial centralization	Independent	Territorial Hierarchy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Amodio, Francesco	2022	The relationship between pre-colonial political centralization and modern political centralization will diminish with constituency boundary changes.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Amodio, Francesco	2022	Pre-colonial centralization predicts more political centralization and more regional development.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Osafo-Kwaako, Philip	2013	Political centralization predicts increases in public goods and development outcomes.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Osafo-Kwaako, Philip	2013	Political centralization will be predicted by population density, frequency of being attacked, and trade in the worldwide sample, but not in the Africa sub-sample.	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Osafo-Kwaako, Philip	2013	Agricultural potential may predict population density, which in turn could predict political centralization in the world sample, but not in the African sample.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author