sociopolitical institutions because they (a) involve a strong degree of increasing returns to scale and the natural monopoly powers …

ecclesiastical conflicts shows that religous fractionalization likely has negative effects on economic growth. -- Conflict ; religion … ; institutions ; economic development …

speed. In the 20th century, religion played a much lesser role in daily life and income and productivity grew at high and …

institutions have been found to be decisive for the break out of stagnation and for explaining cross-country income differences by …

The so-called 'deep determinants' of economic growth and development (namely, geography, institutions, and integration …

role that local institutions play in this context. Chapter 2 analyzes how greenhouse gas emissions of companies in OECD and …

-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. …