Daron Acemo?lu|Tristan Reed|James A. Robinson
Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone
Harvard University Press|Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
study effect constraints chiefs power economic outcomes citizens attitudes social capital paramount chief sierra leone must come ruling family originally recognized british colonial authorities chiefdoms fewer ruling families chiefs face less political competition development outcomes significantly worse today variation security property rights land potential mechanism paradoxically fewer ruling families institutions chiefs authority highly respected measured social capital higher argue results reflect capture civil society organizations chiefs