Social and cultural determinants of economic institutions and outcomes have come to the forefront of economic research … autocracies), which suggests that religiosity affects the way institutions work through the political process. Individual …

governments intervene more or less? This paper explores whether liberalizing economic institutions, a type of reform favoured by …

-minded area of the world. (A2) It is associated with the institutions of the country such as legal quality. (A3) It is related to …

Social and cultural determinants of economic institutions and outcomes have come to the forefront of economic research … autocracies), which suggests that religiosity affects the way institutions work through the political process. Individual …

In the paper, we argue that trust is the missing link relating education, institutions, and economic development. We … argue that increased trust both increases education and improves legal and bureaucratic institutions, which in turn spurs … education and the quality of institutions, and that education and institutions in turn affect GDP per capita. …

Social and cultural determinants of economic institutions and outcomes have come to the forefront of economic research … autocracies), which suggests that religiosity affects the way institutions work through the political process. Individual …

We report evidence that trust is the missing root relating education, institutions, and economic development. We … observe that more trust both increases education and improves legal and bureaucratic institutions, which in turn spurs … both education and the quality of institutions, and that education and institutions in turn affect GDP per capita …