Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient political and economic institutions in response to changing economic … productivity, cultural beliefs and institutions. In our model, production shocks that benefit one sector of the economy may induce …

Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient institutions in response to changing economic conditions? And why do … institutions. When new technologies emerge, uncertainty results from a lack of understanding how the technology will fit with … prevailing ideologies and institutions. This uncertainty discourages investment in institutions and the cultural capital …

firms are not alone in making investments in the productive capabilities required to generate innovative goods and services …. Household units and government agencies also make investments in productive capabilities upon which business firms rely for … policy framework that could stop the looting of the business corporation and put in place social institutions that support …

This paper documents a positive relationship between labor-friendly institutions and investment in industrial robots in … a sample of advanced economies. Institutions explain a substantial proportion of cross-country variation in automation …. The relationship between institutions and robots is stronger in sunk cost-intensive industries, where producers are more …