There exist many indicators for corporatism. Using a latent variables approach, we extract common aspects in 29 … corporatism indicators which have been suggested in the literature and find two factors that can be identified as the degree of …

institutions. This paper shows how such institutions can emerge as a decentralized equilibrium. In a first stage, individuals …

instruments: the literacy rate at the end of the XIXth century, and the political institutions in place over the past several … and with available measures of institutions in a cross-country setting. …

Centralized sanctioning institutions are of utmost importance for overcoming free-riding tendencies and enforcing … outcomes that maximize group welfare in social dilemma situations. However, little is known about how such institutions come … institutions in a public goods game. Our theoretical analysis shows that players may form sanctioning institutions in equilibrium …

phenomenon, which is present in poor as well as rich countries; that political institutions have a weak effect on ethnic …

institutions precede crises and, interestingly, positive reforms occur thereafter. Strong institutions shorten the duration of … interaction effect suggests they can be offset by appropriate institutions. …