This paper provides an analytic review of selected contributions to the study of institutions and economic growth. We …, Johnson and Robinson. We discuss the work of Rodrik and others who focus on institutions and institutional reform and take … new theoretical frameworks by North, Wallis and Weingast and Khan that relate the structure of institutions to short …

some evidence which suggests that foreign owned firms located in countries with `good' institutions invest relatively more. …

institutions before the crisis hits and, interestingly, of positive reforms thereafter. Strong institutions shorten the duration of … interaction effect suggests they can be offset by appropriate institutions. …

property rights, contracting, and competition institutions is positively related to an increase in the level of credit to the …

's institutions by the degree of formalization of its regulations, the depersonalization of their implementation, and by the degree of … endogeneity in the data and/or by bias. In addition, we find evidence of a strong relationship between institutions and income … levels; however, we find no such evidence on growth rates. We find mixed evidence for a relationship between institutions and …

This paper provides a review and synthesis of the findings of the second phase of a research project on institutions … institutional characteristics and the duration of economic slumps; (2) the relative importance for growth of institutions, trade … openness and geography; (3) the determinants and consequences of state capacities; (4) the interactions between institutions …