This book examines why the differences in comparative economic development across the world have a geographical pattern. It argues that there is a missing component in the geography versus institutions debate, namely the role of culture and its impact either directly on development or indirectly...

Concentrates on identifying the mechanisms by which foreign investment affects productivity in recipient countries. Conducts a firm-level study of manufacturing plants in Mexico and test for performance differences embodied in factor productivity between domestic and foreign (majority and...

Concentrates on identifying the mechanisms by which foreign investment affects productivity in recipient countries. Conducts a firm‐level study of manufacturing plants in Mexico and test for performance differences embodied in factor productivity between domestic and foreign (majority and...