-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse e↵ects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …

produces upward-biased OLS and 2SLS estimates. The results of an analysis of the effect of democracy on economic growth show …

people helpful and forgiving individuals and why do they often emerge as revengeful destroyers? Can or should economic …

institutions have been found to be decisive for the break out of stagnation and for explaining cross-country income differences by … stages of economic development. Our paper aims to contribute to close this gap by focusing on the phenomenon of the middle …

The so-called 'deep determinants' of economic growth and development (namely, geography, institutions, and integration … stages of economic development. Our paper aims to close this gap by focusing on the phenomenon of the middle-income trap (MIT …

creates continuous and dichotomous indices. We use the SVM indices to investigate the effect of democratic institutions on … economic development, and find that democracies grow faster than autocracies. Furthermore, we illustrate how the estimation …

endowments of immigrant groups shape economic outcomes. In this paper, we use census micro-sample information to reconstruct the … county matter for local economic development and the channels through which the cultural, institutional, and educational … legacy of the country of origin affects economic outcomes in the US. Our results show that the evolution of the country …

entrepreneurs and how these actions depend upon the prevailing institutions. While institutions have extensively been examined for … entrepreneurs, may differ in economic abilities. A simple model shows that in the long run, selection by market competition …

substantially during the last decades. At the same time, the quality of institutions in developing countries has also improved. The … findings indicate that emigration to institutionally developed countries induces a positive effect on home-country institutions. …