The framework of a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model is used to study the optimal design of an unemployment … insurance (UI) scheme and the voting behaviour on unemployment policy reforms. In a first step, the optimal defined benefit and …

institutions also influences economic growth and the ability of a country to attract trade and foreign direct investment …. Consequently, when institutions of FSU and sub-Saharan countries develop to the point they become attractive to traders and … commit credibly to increasing capacities of their state institutions with a view to supporting property-based rule of law and …

The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance, rather than on resources and … resource productivity, has uncovered important questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to … institutions? What specific aspects of institutions are responsible for economic performance? This paper suggests that two broad …

The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance has uncovered important … questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to economic performance, then what explains observed … differences in performance across parts of one economy sharing similar institutions? This paper suggests that two broad aspects of …

Institutions either promote or constrain economic performance, but which parts of institutions advance or restrict … performance, and why do economies sharing similar institutions sometimes perform differently? This paper is a modest attempt at … superstructural effects of institutions on aggregate and average income across 84 U.S. Native American economies (USNAEs). It finds …

recipient's level of income or quality of institutions and policies; we find that short-impact aid causes growth, on average … with stronger institutions or longer life expectancies (better health). We also find a significant negative relationship …

In a simple theoretical framework, the quality of institutions affects individual’s investment decisions, and hence … income levels and distribution. When institutions deteriorates and inequalities increase, the incumbent undertakes … redistributive taxation to maintain political support. The quality of institutions and the extent of redistribution depend on the …

Institutions either promote or constrain economic performance, but which part of institutions does so, and why do … economies sharing similar institutions sometimes perform differently? This paper applies a novel model that is capable of … separating infrastructural and superstructural effects of institutions on aggregate and average income using a cross- section of …