owners and/or managers of forty-five firms in 2001 and 2002.When firms perceive state institutions as unable to guarantee the …-state enforcement strategies are rooted in preexisting institutions and cultural practices, and develop in response to specific kinds of … contract enforcement and dispute resolution, as well as the significance that state contract enforcement institutions have for …

relationship is influenced by the quality of local institutions, as proxied by corruption. We use representative data from a large …We examine the effects of randomly introduced economic inequality on voluntary co- operation and whether this … inequality adversely affects aggregate contributions, and this is on account of high endowment individuals contributing a …