The law and the economy are deeply influenced, in a great part of the world, by either the civil or the common law tradition. These two bundles of institutions emerged in Europe during the medieval period, were spread internationally through colonization and imitation, and operate in different...

The focus of archaeologists on reconstructing exchange and communication networks in the past resulted in the enormous improvement of methods for analyzing material flows and detecting trade routes. However, our understanding of the determinants of trade patterns over time and space is still...

Overwhelming evidence suggests that a “culture of cooperation,” which is the implicit reward from cooperating in any economic activity, represents one of the most successful humanly devised social structures. Yet, our understanding of its determinants and impact is still limited. To clarify...