This dissertation examines the role that institutions play in the existence of multiple equilibria in models of … dissertation presents an empirical test for the role that human capital and institutions may play in transitions between equilibria … probabilities. I find that political and economic institutions are similar in their effects on transitions arid that the time …

institutions.There is widespread agreement among most economists on the positive reinforcing linkbetween innovation and growth …. However, the importance of institutions as catalysts in thislink has not been adequately examined. The concept of innovation … innovation systems are used as a foundation to propose a newperspective on the role of institutions and a framework for …

kausale Beziehung zwischen ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (DI) und Wirtschaftswachstum in 6 lateinamerikanischen Ländern … aufgeworfen, wie die Interaktion zwischen DI und inländischem Wirtschaftswachstum zu sehen ist. Auch wenn in der theoretischen als … auch empirischen Literatur signifikante Belege für eine Verbindung zwischen DI und Wirtschaftswachstum zu finden sind, so …