comprehensively characterize the impact of monotheism on early economic development. Monotheist religions produced a paradigm shift in … monotheistic religions aided early development both in the West and the Near East until the advent of the Industrial Revolution …. -- Economic development ; religion ; institutions …

interactions between trust and economic development in the realms of finance, innovation, the organization of firms, the labor …

Ethnic and religious fractionalization have important effects on economic growth and development, but their role in … ; institutions ; economic development …

It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent on the quality … offer policy implications for alleviating differences between countries in international telecommunications development. …

economic development. If the sociopolitical, legal and economic transformations in the Anglo-Saxon world in the last three … individual beliefs, social norms and informal cultural organizations. -- institutions ; economic growth ; development …

There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of … economic development across villages on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi and find that geography-induced endogenous emergence …