product and labor markets and the general absence of regulation in the economy. The first approach employs meta-analysis data … data collection we get a robust result relating higher levels of market orientation as proxied by the Economic Freedom …

The relationship between economic and political liberalization has received a great deal of attention lately, yet the … function of de jure financial liberalization, this non-linearity obtains …

-growth ventures. We find that institutions exert different effects on entrepreneurial entry and on the individual choice to launch …

Institutions are now widely believed to be important in explaining performance. In this paper, we analyze whether … commonly used measures of institutions have any significant, measurable impact on performance, whether of countries or firms …. We look at three 'levels' of institutions and associated conjectures. The first concerns whether the political system …

innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … robust even after controlling for the effect of institutions and other factors. We also provide evidence of a two-way causal … effect between culture and institutions …

I review theories and evidence on wage-setting institutions and labor market policies in an international comparative … the income insurance these institutions do, these policies may enhance economic efficiency. However, to the extent that … then review evidence on the impacts of these policies and institutions. While the interventionist model appears to cause …