of economic growth. One of the most striking features of economic development on the sub-Saharan subcontinent is the …

Political and legal institutions affect the extent to which the real exchange rates of oil-exporting countries co …-move with the oil price. In a simple theoretical model, strong institutions insulate real exchange rates from oil price …

Entrepreneurship plays a pivotal role for institutional change and economic development in transition and developing … economies. Formal and informal institutions in such countries are often sub-par, but rather than being constrained by them …, entrepreneurship can often affect institutions and contribute to their evolution. We highlight three entrepreneurial responses to the …

necessary to establish appropriate rules and institutions for school competition. Instead, ill-conceived grading and curriculum …-profit producers, must account for how institutions and incentive structures affect behavior. …

and finance"- approach to entrepreneurship. We argue that more fundamental reforms are required to improve the … ventures. That is followed by three papers that focus on the institutions that (fail to) channel financial resources to such … ventures and two papers that analyze the relevance of labor market institutions. The special issue concludes with two papers …

theoretical mechanisms that relate property rights to economic development. Lack of protection of property rights can result in …