persistence of inefficient institutions in developing countries. Colonization, social fragmentation and the existence and use of … single factor on its own can explain the persistence of inefficient institutions; rather, it is the combination of exogenous … and endogenous factors that shape institutions …

important variables like being landlocked, language, inflation, and so forth. We found recent GDP growth rate to be non …

To investigate the role of intra-regional trade integration on economic growth in Latin America, we develop a … factor for explaining growth, while the importance of domestic spillovers is limited. The growth volatility is substantively …

product standards. Chapter 4 evaluates the growth experience of Mauritius in the light of the explanations put forward in the … empirical growth literature. As an African country Mauritius stands out as an exception, not only having a much higher growth … rate than an average African country but also maintaining growth as a sustained phenomenon. I demonstrate that this …

to contribute to the debate by examining the type of institutions which have been the most important for growth in … classical growth factors such as investment and export turn out to be more important for growth than institutions. …There is a consensus among scholars that institutions (i.e. norms and regulations) are country specific. The paper aims …