, geography has also affected colonization policies and, therefore, institutional outcomes. Using non-colonized countries as a … control group, I develop an empirical strategy that disentangles the partial effects of institutions and of endowments on … income. I find that institutions are the main determinant of development, but that endowments have a sizeable direct impact …

There is a well-known debate about the role of institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. We … believe there is value-added to consider the institutions hypothesis at the micro level within a country to analyze the exact … the emergence of institutions relevant for agricultural development, thereby incorporating insights from the literatures …

the interdependencies of institutions of different types and spatial scales. It aims at developing a conceptual framework … institutional change and economic evolution in regions. The paper offers a review on how institutions have been conceptualised in … the context of evolutionary economic geography, a proposal for understanding regional institutional frameworks and …

all. Our empirical evidence does, however, support not only the "primacy of institutions" view, but also the important …

experience a growth slowdown at the middle-income range. Although these so-called `deep determinants' such as geography 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 …