The tragedy of the anticommons -- Welcome to the lexicon -- Where are the cures? -- You can't hear me now -- Block parties, fan teams and banana republics -- Empty Moscow storefronts -- The world is mine oyster -- A solutions toolkit

This paper presents an integrated overview of the literature linking institutions, financial development and economic growth. From the large body of research on institutional development, the paper first selects those contributions that make it possible to study the role of institutional...

Twenty-five new runways would eliminate most air travel delays in America; fifty patent owners are blocking a major drug company from creating a cancer cure; 90 percent of our broadcast spectrum sits idle while American cell phone service suffers. These problems have solutions that can jump-start...