Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone

We study the effect of constraints on chiefs' power on economic outcomes, citizens' attitudes, and social capital. A paramount chief in Sierra Leone must come from a ruling family originally recognized by British colonial authorities. In chiefdoms with fewer ruling families, chiefs face le...

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Main Authors: Acemoglu, Daron (Contributor), Reed, Tristan (Author), Robinson, James A. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press, The, 2015-04-22T18:50:26Z.
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