all. Our empirical evidence does, however, support not only the "primacy of institutions" view, but also the important …

that strong rule of law institutions may ameliorate the possible adverse effects of political and economic crises on … heterogeneous effects depending on the type of crisis and how we measure it. We find that rule of law institutions can control …

developing countries where an overall increase in the quality of institutions is recorded. The mechanism of information diffusion … institutions. On the other hand, if good institutions and good information about institutions do not come together, there is scope …

A long tradition in economics explores the association between the quality of formal institutions and economic … performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited. In this paper …, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association. Our findings suggest …