, broadly defined (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, personal agency …

and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as …, unimpeded science, a passive Church and high levels of taxes and transfers. Second, a "Theocratic" regime with knowledge …

from science and engineering relative to other fields. I find that the higher relative exit rate is driven by engineering … rather than science, and show that 60% of the gap can be explained by the relatively greater exit rate from engineering of …

on resource abundance equals 10.9 percentage points more reform, a large effect given that the mean probability of reform …

? We address these questions using an episode of a drastic reform in Russia between 2001 and 2004 which liberalized …What determines the enforcement of deregulation reform of business activities? What are the outcomes of deregulation … average, the reform reduced the administrative costs of firms; but, the progress of reform had a substantial geographical …

reform, because politicians have the incentive to embrace growth-enhancing reforms to win elections. On the other hand …

China’s reform worked and produced some of the most impressive growth in the largest developing and transition economy … conventional institutions such as rule of law and secure private property rights is puzzling. To understand how reform works in a … initial conditions and to function as stepping stones in the transition toward the goal. Underlying China’s reform is a serial …