This study examines the relationship between property rights, defined by land tenure security and the strength of local …-level institutions, and household demand for fuel wood, as measured by the source from which fuel wood is collected. A multinomial … active local-level institutions increase household dependency on open access forests, while land security reduces open access …

and the various property rights indices suggests that, in the Malawian case, lack of political freedom is associated with … lack of economic freedom and security. However, our property rights indices correlate poorly with an index based on de … facto property rights. This suggests that despite the governmentÂ’s legal power to abrogate property rights, these rights …

mechanisms for mainstreaming biodiversity conservation in bioregions. Institutions are singled out as one important class of … socio-economic arrangements directly associated with economic incentives. Institutions are thus likely to be a major …

This paper presents new institutional measures for Zambia. Coverage is of political rights and freedoms, of property …

growth model using human capital, population growth, property rights, and political rights, share of mineral exports to total … mineral exports to total exports, property rights and political rights are important determinants of economic growth. Of major … realize economic gains from these endowments. Keywords: Mineral resources, institutions, economic growth and OLS estimation …

This paper analyzes the eect of the average level of intelligence on different measures of the quality of institutions … determinants of institutional quality. It follows that countries with higher IQ levels enjoy institutions of better quality than … more intelligent populations that build better institutions and some other countries with less intelligent populations that …