military conquests in Europe significantly reduced intra-European feuds. -- cooperation ; conflict ; religion ; institutions …This paper emphasizes that the evolution of religious institutions in Europe was influenced by the expansionary threat … rivals of a different affiliation. The overall patterns of conflict in continental Europe as well as those between the …

production along with the emergence of emulation as a development strategy. -- Ottoman economic institutions ; grain markets …

developed here indicates that this ability depends on several characteristics of political institutions, such as congressional … institutions ; Public policies ; Government capabilities ; Intertemporal cooperation ; Development ; Policy index ; Credibility …

institutions. We place our emphasis on the European Union (EU), which is both economically and financially large and has several … and liquidity losses. These principles include prompt legal closure of institutions before they become economically … insolvent, prompt identification of claims and assignment of losses, prompt reopening of failed institutions, and prompt …

nationality. The paper is original by its contribution to the empirics of conflict resolution through decreasing cross …

variables. In particular, countries with longer histories of state-level political institutions experience less macroeconomic …