Growth empirics with institutional measures is performed for 25 transition countries overthe period 1990-95. Estimation … results suggest that (particularly state) institutions aresignificant for growth and, especially, foreign direct investment … performance in transition countries than institutionsper se. This suggests that macroeconomic stabilization and peace should be …

century. The 21 countries that made up the Warsaw Pact simultaneously made a transition from Communism to more market …

-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …

-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …