This research suggests that the evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of … economic development and the dynamics of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit … evolved non-monotonically in the course of human history. In early stages of development, risk-tolerant, growth promoting …

This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and … economic growth since the emergence of the human species. This unified theory encompasses the observed evolution of population … that shaped the evolution of the human species, whereas the evolution of the human species was the origin of the take …

1950s. Finally, we turn to the determinants of a broad array of development indicators for the year 1960 and for the 1960 …

the process of development. A simple general equilibrium model of rent-seeking political elites with two productive …

We construct a simple model where political elites may block technological and institutional development, because of a … replaced. Fearing replacement, political elites are unwilling to initiate change, and may even block economic development. We … show that elites are unlikely to block development when there is a high degree of political competition, or when they are …

This paper offers a theory of development which links the degree of market incompleteness to capital accumulation and … growth. At early stages of development, the presence of indivisible projects limits the degree of risk … inability to diversify idiosyncratic risks introduces high uncertainty in the growth process. The typical development pattern …

-faring and airborne transportation technologies, to examine its impact on the course of economic development across the globe … effect on the process of development and contributed to the contemporary variation in the standard of living across countries. …

-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial … we document a positive cross-sectional association between national institutions and regional economic development … regional development. The positive within country effect of pre-colonial institutions also obtains in regions of partitioned …