Maize and precolonial Africa

dc.contributor.authorCherniwchan, Jevan
dc.contributor.authorMoreno-Cruz, Juan
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-15T14:56:57Z
dc.date.available2018-11-15T14:56:57Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-01
dc.descriptionThe final publication is available at Elsevier via https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.10.008 © 2019. This final, open-access version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.description.abstractColumbus's arrival in the New World triggered an unprecedented movement of people and crops across the Atlantic Ocean. We study a largely overlooked part of this Columbian Exchange: the effects of New World crops in Africa. Specifically, we test the hypothesis that the introduction of maize increased population density and slave exports in precolonial Africa. We find robust empirical support for these predictions. We also find little evidence to suggest maize increased economic growth or reduced conflict. Our results suggest that rather than stimulating development, the introduction of maize simply increased the supply of slaves during the slave trades.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canadaen
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation ["1510510"]en
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.10.008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/14151
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectColumbian exchangeen
dc.subjectMaizeen
dc.subjectSlave tradesen
dc.titleMaize and precolonial Africaen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCherniwchan, J., & Moreno-Cruz, J. (2019). Maize and precolonial Africa. Journal of Development Economics, 136, 137–150. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.10.008en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Environmenten
uws.contributor.affiliation2Environment, Enterprise and Developmenten
uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
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