This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been …

all. Our empirical evidence does, however, support not only the "primacy of institutions" view, but also the important …

We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure … institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using …

This paper develops a model of costly firm creation in an economy with weak institutions, costly business environment …

regions rich in marine resources differ from societies with a purely agrarian legacy in terms of institutions, cultural values …

In what sense are institutions a deep determinant of growth? In this paper, we address this question by examining the … factors in which institutions affect market integration more than market integration affects institutions. It was …

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

distribution, firm size, region, and time period. …

-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …

creates continuous and dichotomous indices. We use the SVM indices to investigate the effect of democratic institutions on …