Is human capital a robust predictor of good institutions? Using a new institutional quality measure, the International …

The paper suggests that international differences in educational institutions explain the large international … institutions, scrutiny of achievement, and teacher influence on teaching methods. A large influence of teacher unions on curriculum … are not caused by differences in schooling resources but are mainly due to differences in educational institutions. …

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

growth). The deficiencies in the standing of theory will be reflected in weak institutions to handle the political processes … different variants of capitalism. - -Economic Growth, Institutions, Mergers and Acquisitions, the Resource Based View, Variants …

This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant ‘macro …

I show how abundant land and scarce labor shaped African institutions before colonial rule. I present a model in which … suitable for agriculture, and in which population density was greatest. Next, I use the model to explain institutions among the … Egba of southwestern Nigeria from 1830 to 1914. While many Egba institutions were typical of a land-abundant environment …