Increasing the realism with respect to the representation of actors, decision-making, and institutions is critical to … better understand the transition towards a low-carbon sustainable society since actors, decision-making, and institutions are …

control group, I develop an empirical strategy that disentangles the partial effects of institutions and of endowments on … income. I find that institutions are the main determinant of development, but that endowments have a sizeable direct impact … mix up the effect of the historical determinants of institutions with the sizeable direct impact of access to trade and of …

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 …

institutions, and tests whether such labor rigidities are conducive to long-run growth. We find that non-enforceable labor … regulations do not have a bearing on economic growth, but enforceable labor regulations do. In fact, when using a GMM-IV method …-run economic growth. …

distribution of land ownership, adversely affected the implementation of human capital promoting institutions (e.g., public …

Does democracy increase economic growth? Previous literature tends to find a positive effect but does also suffer from … impact on economic growth. This paper narrows down the question to empirically estimating the causal effect of local … elections on local economic growth in Indonesia by using a quasi-experimental research method. The first direct elections of …