This paper presents an empirical examination of economic and institutional development. Utilizing a novel data set on … American Indian tribal nations, we investigate how constitutional design affects economic development, while holding the … parliamentary systems (versus presidential) have a strong positive effect on economic development, while ordinary least squares …

model, calibrated to data for Africa, Latin America and developing Asia, reflects relatively well capital account policies …

This paper examines the effectiveness of leaders in addressing coordination failure in societies with ethnic or … in India. We find that religious minority leaders (Muslims) improve coordination, while majority leaders (Hindus) do not …

-2018, we show that the causal relationship between political and economic development is U-shaped: "intermediate" political …

This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by …

diversity, as determined predominantly during the exodus of humans from Africa tens of thousands of years ago, has contributed … geographical, institutional, and cultural characteristics, as well as for the level of economic development.These findings arguably …