Institutional bottlenecks refer to path-dependent institutional arrangements which contribute to economic stagnation. In his research, Timur Kuran identifies several historical institutional bottlenecks which contributed to economic decline and underdevelopment of the Middle East. We use Kuran's...

A successful post-conflict reconstruction is characterized by a self-sustaining liberal political, economic and social order that does not rely on external support. It is argued that the extent of reconstructed orders is constrained by their institutional prerequisites. These prerequisites - a...

A successful reconstruction is characterized by a widespread coordination problem, combined with potential pockets of conamp;#64258;ict. We analyze the array of relationships that take place in the reconstruction process - political, economic and social - by considering under what circumstances they...