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 …

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. …

as growth models have been different. The major objective of this paper is to compare the policies, institutions …, policies and institutions since last three decades. …

-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. …

family and other private assistance. Asian countries also have weaker tax and labour market institutions than OECD countries …

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

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