We propose and apply methods to quantify the impact of national institutions on international trade and development. We … are able to identify the direct impact of country-specific institutions on international trade within the structural … gravity framework. Our approach naturally addresses the prominent issue of endogenous institutions. The empirical analysis …

draw on a topical literature that deals with the fundamental causes of economic development. Our findings suggest that … specific determinants of long-run development operate via the rule of law, whereas others are not related to the rule of law at … all. Our empirical evidence does, however, support not only the "primacy of institutions" view, but also the important …

-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. …

increases in other countries. Different than most typically discussed climate policies, degrowth not only aims at reducing the … implications. We conduct the first investigation of degrowth in a multi-country setting in order to (i) compare the leakage effects … of national pure emission reduction policies to degrowth scenarios, (ii) identify underlying channels by decomposing the …

development. Our theory delivers a gravity equation for cross-border patents. To test the model's predictions, we compile a new … gaining more than North post-2000, thus lowering real income inequality in the world. …

-country ; panel and quasi-experimental evidence ; Dutch disease ; institutions ; corruption ; financial development ; volatility … and bad growth prospects, and that these adverse effects are more severe in volatile countries with bad institutions and … a resource boom reinforces rent grabbing and civil conflict especially if institutions are bad, induces corruption …

the historical determinants of institutions with the sizeable direct impact of geographic endowments on development …. -- growth ; institutions ; geography ; comparative development ; colonialism …

' persistent characteristics, such as their institutions. Among our findings are that macroeconomic policies affect development … institutional quality. -- human development ; institutions ; dynamic panel modelling …In this paper, we study development in a panel of 87 countries from 1970 to 2005. We focus on characterizing …