The paper employs cross country regression analysis to estimate the effect of democracy and income inequality, adjusting for the level of income and other variables, on country innovation. It finds that both of these variables are of consequence for innovation. Different countries innovate at...

This paper uses cross country regression analysis on a large sample of countries to look at the hypothesized relationship between country innovation and country connectivity. Regressions are undertaken employing three different measures of innovation, using connectivity as the sole explanatory...

This paper employs cross country regression analysis on an index of time punctuality to see whether or not an important cultural trait, time punctuality, influences economic development and other economic performance variables. The results are consistent with the idea that punctuality matters...