This paper uses a Ricardian model to generate predictions about the influence of institutions on trade in … trade of complex and simple products. The effects of institutions predicted by the model are identified with a three step … estimation procedure. We find that when countries have low quality institutions, institutional reform primarily influences …

We use over 250 years of conflict and market integration data to provide the first quantitative evidence that Atlantic … trade contributed to Europe's pacification between 1640 and 1896. While the decline in conflict in Europe during this period … intra-European conflict onset by 14.90 percent from the baseline onset probability of 2.02 percent. We find empirical …

from the Rose [2004] dataset, the ITERATE dataset for terrorist events, and datasets of external and internal conflict. We … of terrorism, as well as internal and external conflict is equivalent to as much as a 30 percent tariff on trade. This is …

Die Welt erfährt auch zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts keine Wende in der lang anhaltenden divergenten Entwicklung … der sogenannten Dritten Welt und des ehemaligen Ostblocks zusehends in die ökonomische Bedeutungslosigkeit. Diese … Polarität in der Entwicklung der Weltwirtschaft dokumentiert, dass die von den herrschenden neoklassischen Entwicklungs- und …

We propose and apply methods to quantify the impact of national institutions on international trade and development. We … are able to identify the direct impact of country-specific institutions on international trade within the structural … gravity framework. Our approach naturally addresses the prominent issue of endogenous institutions. The empirical analysis …