Political centralization in pre-colonial Africa

Political centralization predicts increases in public goods and development outcomes.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Ordinary least square regression	Supported	p< .05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Political Centralization	Independent	Territorial Hierarchy
Public goods	Dependent	Writing, Medium Of Exchange, Exchange Transactions, Land Transport, Military Organization
Development outcomes	Dependent	Metallurgy, Property System, Credit, Land Transport

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Gennaioli, Nicola	2007	Precolonial centralization will be positively correlated with public goods provisioning in Africa. (195)	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
Archibong, Belinda	2019	Precolonial centralization will be positively correlated with access to federally administered public services. (135)	Mostly supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rothstein, Bo	2014	"In a culture in which private and public goods are neatly separated both conceptually and customarily (i.e., in their access and management), there will be fewer problems in distinguishing what is corruption and what is not" (265).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Michalopoulos, Stelios	2013	Political centralization among pre-colonial African ethnic institutions is positively associated with contemporary regional development (114).	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author