paper in order to verify how different the MENA region is from the set of EU-member states. The results show that economic … freedom. Of particular interest is the result that some MENA countries belong to the same cluster of most of the EU-countries. …

stronger institutions are crucial for MENA's overall financial stability vis-à-vis reduction in the risk of default in the …Resource abundance characterizes economies within the MENA region from North Africa to the Middle East. As such, to …

-employment. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Institutions ; Regulation ; Self-employment …

The present paper assesses the interactions between innovation and economic institutions within the context of the … innovations on growth and inequality diminish as institutions increase in quality, and the effects of institutions can be … influenced by level of innovations. This indicates that while institutions and innovations can be inequality-inducing, their …

Can historical institutions affect today's firm innovation? We analyze a historical experiment in 1902, when the … industrial firms in China, we show that firms in locations historically affected by the CMC rules exhibit higher innovation …