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The French curse? On the puzzling economic consequences of French colonization
Bergh, Andreas; Fink, Guenther - 2018
More than 50 years after independence, the majority of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa remain poor with limited rates of economic growth. One of the most striking features of economic development on the sub-Saharan subcontinent is the remarkably poor performance of French colonies relative to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917110
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Pushed by poverty or by institutions? Determinants of global migration flows
Bergh, Andreas; Mirkina, Irina; Nilsson, Therese - 2015
that trigger migration. People may well want to stay in or move to relatively poor countries if institutions are good …, partly because good institutions have an intrinsic value for people and partly because good institutions may be a sign of … levels, we find that institutional quality matters significantly for migration. Poor institutions act as a push factor, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442465
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The Problem of Cooperation and Reputation Based Choice
Bergh, Andreas; Engseld, Peter - 2006
The standard method when analyzing the problem of cooperation using evolutionary game theory is to assume that people are randomly matched against each other in repeated games. In this paper we discuss the implications of allowing agents to have preferences over possible opponents. We model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208482
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The growth effects of institutional instability
Berggren, Niclas; Bergh, Andreas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2009
Both institutional quality and institutional stability have been argued to stimulate economic growth. But to improve institutional quality, a country must endure a period of institutional change, which implies at least a little and possibly a lot of institutional instability. We investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208542
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Measuring institutional quality in ancient Athens
Bergh, Andreas; Lyttkens, Carl Hampus - 2011
We use the Economic Freedom Index (Gwartney, Lawson and Norton 2008) to characterise the institutions of ancient Athens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208571
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The moldable young: How institutions impact social trust
Bergh, Andreas; Öhrvall, Richard - 2016
Social trust is linked to many desirable economic and social outcomes, but the causality between trust and institutions … institutions and norms (such as corruption perceptions, average trust levels and various aspects of economic freedom) on social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794598
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The Rise, Fall and Revival of a Capitalist Welfare State: What are the Policy Lessons from Sweden
Bergh, Andreas - 2011
exceptionalism: Sweden became rich because of well-functioning capitalist institutions, and inequality was low before the expansion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320373
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Pushed by poverty or by institutions? : determinants of global migration flows
Bergh, Andreas; Mirkina, Irina; Nilsson, Therese - 2015
that trigger migration. People may well want to stay in or move to relatively poor countries if institutions are good …, partly because good institutions have an intrinsic value for people and partly because good institutions may be a sign of … levels, we find that institutional quality matters significantly for migration. Poor institutions act as a push factor, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305765
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What matters for growth in Europe? : institutions versus policies, quality versus instability
Berggren, Niclas; Bergh, Andreas; Bjørnskov, Christian - In: Journal of economic policy reform 18 (2015) 1, pp. 69-88
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326157
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The moldable young : how institutions impact social trust
Bergh, Andreas; Öhrvall, Richard - 2016
Social trust is linked to many desirable economic and social outcomes, but the causality between trust and institutions … institutions and norms (such as corruption perceptions, average trust levels and various aspects of economic freedom) on social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536000