The present paper assesses the interactions between innovation and economic institutions within the context of the … innovations on growth and inequality diminish as institutions increase in quality, and the effects of institutions can be … influenced by level of innovations. This indicates that while institutions and innovations can be inequality-inducing, their …

We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure … institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using …

phenomenon with yet unclear impact. We develop a unified framework incorporating economic institutions, human capital and … which a positive change of a country's economic institutions can attract inflows of physical capital from abroad, leading to … institutions can lead to substantial divergence in income over time. We derive conditions under which a country receives inflows of …

institutions on development, the costs of fractionalization, and research on the policies of social inclusion around the world …. -- shared societies ; economic inclusion ; institutions ; economic growth ; income distribution …

We study economies where improving the quality of institutions - modeled as improving contract enforcement - requires …

Theoretical and empirical evidence on the relationship between institutions and economic prosperity remains ambiguous … bundled approach for measuring institutions. This approach takes into account interrelations in form of hierarchies between … political, economic and the societal institutions and thereby adds to the literature that deals with the mechanisms of economic …