Migration is an important and yet neglected determinant of institutions. The paper documents the channels through which … emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries …. We find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled …

literature on its "dark side". We examine the role of social capital in the downfall of democracy in interwar Germany. We analyze … democracy. We also show that the effects of social capital were more important in the starting phase of the Nazi movement, and …

whether they are endogenous or exogenous to the society on which they are imposed. Therefore, democratic institutions may have …

estimate the country-specific cost of capital. We find a negative relationship between institutions that protect property … rights and capital costs. Firms located in countries with weak institutions were charged a premium compared to similarly … risky firms located in countries with strong institutions, and this penalty appeared to be costly in terms of future growth …

the institutions and infrastructure literature in this respect, using selection-based gravity modeling of trade flows. We …

smaller countries that were historically backward and developed a different set of political and economic institutions during … political institutions for the long-run evolution of wealth-income ratios. …

contract incentives, wage satisfaction), (ii) institutions (e.g. technology transfer offices, patent exploitation agencies … support infrastructure for start-ups in German academic institutions, these services are little known amongst their staff …