Fall 2013

November 8, 2013

Harvard University

• Laura Thaut, Averting the “Inevitable” Clash: Muslim-Christian Violence and Local Power-Sharing in Nigeria 
• Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Local State History and Contemporary Conflict: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
• Horacio A. Larreguy and John Marshall, The Effect of Education on Political Engagement in Weakly Institutionalized Countries: Evidence from Nigeria
• David Yanagizawa-Drott (with Thorsten Rogall), The Legacy of Political Mass Killings: Evidence from the Rwandan Genocide
• Mai Hassan, District Creation in Kenya Under President Moi 
• Amanda Pinkston, In poor countries, tax collection is function of state capacity not social diversity: A study of local tax revenues in Benin