ecclesiastical conflicts shows that religous fractionalization likely has negative effects on economic growth. -- Conflict ; religion … ultimate determinants of conflict. However, fractionalization in all its demographic forms is endogenous in the long run. In … the relationship between fractionalization and the propensity of internal conflict statistically insignificant. Finally …

-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …

We examine whether frontier rule, which disallows frontier residents from a recourse to formal institutions of conflict …km-by10km grid cell-level data on conflict in a spatial regression discontinuity design framework, we show that areas … conflict management, led to a sharp surge in attacks against state targets in frontier areas. We show that the surge in …

natural resource abundance and weak institutions. We advance the hypothesis that the mafia emerged after the collapse of the …

(Islamic) law. These theories take as exogenous the cultural values that complement the prevailing institutions. As a result … institutional environment. In this paper, we address these issues by modeling the joint evolution of institutions and culture. In …

This paper analyses the connection between legal origins and generalized trust. Based on recent results of institutions …. -- Trust ; Legal Origins ; Colonization ; Institutions ; Causality ; Deep Rooted Factors of Development …

' persistent characteristics, such as their institutions. Among our findings are that macroeconomic policies affect development … institutional quality. -- human development ; institutions ; dynamic panel modelling …