This paper argues for the importance of individuals’ tolerance of inequality for <p> economic growth. By using the … political ideology of governments as a measure of <p> revealed tolerance of inequality, the paper shows that controlling for … ideology improves <p> the accuracy with which the effects of inequality are measured. Results show that <p> inequality reduces …

Both institutional quality and institutional stability have been argued to stimulate economic growth. But to improve … institutional instability. We investigate the growth effects of institutional quality and instability, using the political risk … the aggregate index, we find evidence that institutional quality is positively linked to growth. While institutional …

academic freedom and both labor and total-factor productivity growth. However, this effect only appears as long as the quality … benefits productivity growth. …

academic freedom and both labor and total-factor productivity growth. However, this effect only appears as long as the quality … benefits productivity growth. …

Both institutional quality and institutional stability have been argued to stimulate economic growth. But to improve … institutional instability. We investigate the growth effects of institutional quality and instability, using the political risk … the aggregate index, we find evidence that institutional quality is positively linked to growth. While institutional …

Both institutional quality and institutional stability have been argued to stimulate economic growth. But to improve … institutional instability. We investigate the growth effects of institutional quality and instability, using the political risk … the aggregate index, we find evidence that institutional quality is positively linked to growth. While institutional …

This paper connects two strands of the literature on social trust by estimating the effects of trust on growth through … effect (rule of law) on the growth rate. The paper closes with a short discussion of the relevance of the findings. …

institutional reforms have differential growth effects in monarchies and republics. A set of Barrotype regressions show that there … are no significant growth differences between the two regime types and that the effects of incremental reforms do not …