We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic … growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We … tolerance toward homosexuals is negatively related to growth. For tolerance toward people of a different race, we do not find …

the impact of a particular regulation - license requirements for certain firm activities - on the innovation performance … led to an eight percentage points higher innovation rate within two years following the reform. We measure innovation as …

international awards for innovation were higher near universities. …