-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. …

institutions have been found to be decisive for the break out of stagnation and for explaining cross-country income differences by … stages of economic development. Our paper aims to contribute to close this gap by focusing on the phenomenon of the middle …

The so-called 'deep determinants' of economic growth and development (namely, geography, institutions, and integration … stages of economic development. Our paper aims to close this gap by focusing on the phenomenon of the middle-income trap (MIT …

institutions which drive this relationship using data from the Varieties of Democracy project. We sketch how incentives and … opportunities as well as the distribution of political power shaped by underlying institutions, in combination with the extent of … the market, endogenously form an 'economic blueprint for growth', which likely differs across countries. We take our model …

This doctoral thesis, organized in three self-contained chapters, provides an analysis of the economic effects … role that local institutions play in this context. Chapter 2 analyzes how greenhouse gas emissions of companies in OECD and …-Output approach to study the economic effects of increased investments in renewable energies and energy efficiency measures. The …

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge …

implications for our understanding of inequality, poverty, inclusivity of growth and development, world economic welfare, and the …. China's rapid economic growth is by far the most important factor underlying almost all of them, notwithstanding sharply …

unprecedented rates. The present paper develops a simple economic theory of identity choice that explains both stylized facts as …

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge …