This paper discusses the literature on the enforcement of incomplete contracts. It compares legal enforcement to enforcement via relationships and reputations. A number of mechanisms, such as the repeat purchase mechanism (Klein and Leffler (1981)) and efficiency wages (Shapiro and Stiglitz...

The paper is based on a broader study of three authors: Mlcoch, Machonin and Sojka. The underestimation of institutions both formal and informal ones, including business ethics was the key weakness of ex-Prime Minister Václav Klaus Czech way of transition during 1989-99. Then, the rhetoric of...

Despite more than half-century history of the 'human capital' concept a lot of questions about the internal structure of human capital still remain open. The article covers the issue of specifying the list of human capital components. The study has emphasized that depending on the nature and set...

Despite more than half-century history of the 'human capital' concept a lot of questions about the internal structure of human capital still remain open. The article covers the issue of specifying the list of human capital components. The study has emphasized that depending on the nature and set...

Neighbourhood effects research is at a crossroads since current theoretical and empirical approaches do not seem to be moving the debate forward. In this paper, we present a set of ten challenges as a basis for a new research agenda which will give new direction to the neighbourhood effects...