Herding, Warfare, and a Culture of Honor: Global Evidence

NBER Working Paper Series Vol/Iss. Working Paper 29250 National Bureau of Economic Research Cambridge, MA Published In Pages: ??
By Cao, Yiming, Enke, Benjamin, Falk, Armin, Giuliano, Paola, Nunn, Nathan

Hypothesis

Dependency on herding will be predictive of themes of violence and punishment in pre-industrial societies. (5)

Note

Themes in folklore were used as a proxy to measure violence and punishment in pre-industrial societies.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
RegressionSupportedp<0.010.18UNKNOWN