from institutions, and to some extent, geography, on long-run prosperity and TFP, may be thus explained. …

are characterized by a fundamental inconsistency between formal and informal institutions. When formal and informal rules … the new institutional economics is on the consequences of institutions--the rules that structure and constrain economic …. Institutions therefore do affect economic performance, but it is not always obvious which institutional rules dominate. Where …

exercises indicate that recent findings of the conduciveness of good institutions, and, to some extent trade, on levels of TFP …

affecting UK labour market conditions. When the real exchange rate is undervalued, short-run unemployment falls as firms respond … to an improvement in domestic competitiveness by increasing their demand for labour. The unemployment response to the … reflects monetary policy considerations, our results imply that unemployment can be targeted by economic policy. Our results …

unemployment vary both with large versus small real exchange rate disequilibria and rising versus falling unemployment regimes. The … adjustment in periods of falling unemployment. This implies that prices and wages are more flexible when real output is high … demanding and getting higher wages. Unemployment is reduced following gains in competitiveness when the real exchange rate is …