This paper studies the interplay between left-handedness and economic development. To explain the decline and … economic development influences the prevalence of left-handedness through structural change and a genetic mechanism driven by … the link between handedness and economic performance varies across stages of development. Consistent with the implications …

contributed to the onset of the demographic transition and thus to the evolution of societies to an era of sustained economic …

primarily by the positive contribution of more stable inflows of 'governance aid'. We conclude the data do not support the view …

Governance is one of the key factors that shape the economic performance of an economy in terms of economic and trade … growth. However, accurately measuring the quality of governance is not an easy task. Research typically uses governance … governance indicator, which is free from perception and subjective biases. Our exercise is based on the inference that economies …

A core result of the aid allocation literature is that the quality of governance in recipient countries does not affect … through different channels and considering different dimensions of governance, we provide evidence that bypassing governments …

This paper examines the functioning of some of India's institutions of governance, namely, the legislative and … executive branches of government, the judiciary, and the bureaucracy, from an instrumental, economic perspective. Governance is … India's experience of governance reflects insufficiencies in all three dimensions: of durability, enforcement, and …

hierarchical contests and comparing the implications of centralized with decentralized governance. Increasing information available …

quality of governance) and the degree of market segmentation (depending on the level of ethnic fractionalization). The model …. Our results have important implications for the conditions under which policy reform will enhance financial development. …