Pre-colonial ethnic institutions and party politics in Africa

The relationship between pre-colonial political centralization and modern political centralization will diminish with constituency boundary changes.

Boundary changes involved at least 1%, 5%, or 10% of the original constituency.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Panel data analysis	Supported	p<.05	`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	Pre-colonial centralization predicts more political centralization and more regional development.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Amodio, Francesco	2022	Pre-colonial centralization predicts less political competition in modern day Africa.	Supported	2	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
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
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