-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial … we document a positive cross-sectional association between national institutions and regional economic development … regional development. The positive within country effect of pre-colonial institutions also obtains in regions of partitioned …

This essay reviews some findings in cognition sciences and examines their consequences for the analysis of institutions …, causing it to be potentially maladapted in important dimensions. A main function of institutions is therefore to fill the gap …-gatherers. Moreover, institutions are built with the available elements, which include our instincts. A deeper understanding of both …

take this powerful mechanisms seriously. In appropriate contexts, institutions should see to it that decision-makers trust …, institutions must step in so that clashing intuitions do not lead to social unrest. …

We examine how institutions that enforce contracts between two parties, producers and consumers, interact in a …

We relate the design of contract law to the process of development. In this paper, contract law de fines which private … production of the economy. To capture the interaction between contract enforcement and development, we introduce a multiperiod … economy and show that, in the early stages of development, the mechanism is infeasible. The appearance of enforcement …

We relate the design of contract law to the process of development. In this paper, contract law defines which private … production of the economy. To capture the interaction between contract enforcement and development, we introduce a multiperiod … economy and show that, in the early stages of development, the mechanism is infeasible. The appearance of enforcement …

We relate the design of contract law to the process of development. In this paper, contract law defines which private … production of the economy. To capture the interaction between contract enforcement and development, we introduce a multiperiod … economy and show that, in the early stages of development, the mechanism is infeasible. The appearance of enforcement …

analyzing the effect of oil production on different indicators of the development level of municipalities: school enrollment … role that local institutions play in this context. Chapter 2 analyzes how greenhouse gas emissions of companies in OECD and …