Ethnolinguistic Favoritism in African Politics
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2726632
Abstract: I document evidence of ethnic favoritism in a panel of 163 ethnolinguistic groups partitioned across 35 African countries. In contrast to previous studies, I construct a computerized lexicostatistical measure of linguistic similarity between each ethnic… read more here.
Keywords: favoritism; similarity; group; leader ... See more keywords