possible by weaknesses in the institutions in these societies. Members of society need to cooperate in order to depose a …

Bigger governments raise the possibilities for corruption; more corruption may in turn raise the support for … redistributive policies that intend to correct the inequality and injustice generated by corruption. We formalize these insights in a … simple dynamic model. A positive feedback from past to current levels of taxation and corruption arises either when wealth …

transaction difficulties. But, such environments often also feature highly interventionist government, and even corruption … for empirical examination of these issues because her legal and market institutions are generally weak, but nonetheless … exhibit substantial province-level variation. Vertical integration is more common where legal institutions are weaker and …

. In a large electorate, the numerical advantage of the majority becomes irrelevant: democracy is undone by the market …

-quality institutions and out of active publishing) and a reduced likelihood of producing "home run" papers. Although the total product of …

Migration outflows, especially of young people, may deprive an economy of entrepreneurial energy and innovative ideas …

, remittances, return migration, or an emigration 'lottery'. Instead, they are driven purely by the public nature of knowledge goods …