We investigate the role of national institutions on regional development in a novel framework. We exploit the fact that … institutions. Using both a matching-type and a regression discontinuity approach we show that differences in countrywide … correlation between formal national institutions and economic development has to be carefully interpreted. …

Institutions that serve the interests of an elite are often cited as an important reason for poor economic performance …. This paper builds a model of institutions that allocate resources and power to maximize the payoff of an elite, but where … any group that exerts sufficient fighting effort can launch a rebellion that destroys the existing institutions. The …

, where due to population mixing and the salience of national institutions ethnic traits play a lesser role. Overall, our …

This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and economic development. It discusses the various … institutions and policies can affect trust and promote pro-social behaviors. …

This paper examines the role that institutions have played in the performance of African economies over the past …

stability and country governance; and finally, the overall quality of institutions. According to our estimates, the quality of … institutions - measured by the World Bank�s Doing Business indicators - has a positive and significant effect in attracting … allocation of investment. According to our analysis, if Italian institutions had been qualitatively in line with the euro …