ideal types of firms that dominate different kinds of market economies. Institutions governing trust and authority … institutions remain critical influences on transnational authority sharing and whether MNCs develop transnational organisational …

We analyze the role of risk-sharing institutions in transitions to modern economies. Transitions requires individual …-level, idiosyncratic risk implies that distinct risk-sharing institutions - even those providing the same level of insurance - can lead to … different growth trajectories if they differently motivate risk-taking. Historically, risk sharing institutions were selected …

Migration is an important and yet neglected determinant of institutions. The paper documents the channels through which … emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries …

societal environment. Taking a cultural approach and referring to the newer literature on the transfer of institutions, we try … to improve the understanding of the interrelation between formal and informal institutions. Our central thesis is that … the ?reaction rate? of informal institutions depends on their compatibility with imported formal institutions. The …

societal environment. Taking a cultural approach and referring to the newer literature on the transfer of institutions, we try … to improve the understanding of the interrelation between formal and informal institutions. Our central thesis is that … the "reaction rate" of informal institutions depends on their compatibility with imported formal institutions. The …

The paper emphasizes the transition in Russia and the role institutions played before and during the process. In Russia …

change and explores the links between policy and institutions in the context of economic reforms. Thus successful … introduction of new policies may require new institutions and the degree of success in changing policies may depend on the degree … to which existing institutions are modified. The literature on Institutions and Development has dealt with questions of …

institutions. We present an alternative way of generalizing the notion of entrepreneurship and show how and why it encompasses the … of institutions constitutes an important set of entrepreneurial profit opportunities. An implication of this is that … entrepreneurial efforts to reform or offset inefficient institutions can in some cases be welfare-improving. …

. We analyze institutions and policies conducive to structural transformation, in particular the expansion of high … a number of institutions that encourage the creation of HGFs and promote structural transformation. In particular, our …