This is Part 1 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth … that private-order institutions have not historically substituted for public-order ones in enabling markets to function …, clarify the growth effects of other institutions, including contract-enforcement mechanisms, guilds, communities, serfdom, and …

This is Part 2 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth … that private-order institutions have not historically substituted for public-order ones in enabling markets to function …, clarify the growth effects of other institutions, including contract-enforcement mechanisms, guilds, communities, serfdom, and …

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect … of (i) introducing competition (monopoly versus competition) and (ii) increasing competition through lower transportation … structure, we show that the relationship between competition and quality is generally ambiguous. In contrast to the received …

, inequality is highly responsive to the increase in product market competition triggered by domestic regulatory reform …

III rules, thus suggesting a ‘race to the top' in capital standards. We study regulatory competition when banks are …

experiences in other areas suggesting that competition could provide large benefits to hitherto regulated utilities in local …

factors they perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing SMEs. We also study to what degree competition and the …’ environments regarding rules, regulations, institutions, and ease of doing business, SMEs have become a strategic segment for most … banks in both countries. In particular, banks have begun to target SMEs due to the significant competition in the corporate …