This paper aims to consider theoretically and in a preliminary way the most important features and problems concerning the concept of Developmental State, discussing the two issues that would be fundamental for its proper comprehension: (1) the issue about the objectives which characterize a...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of institutional arrangements to development policies. Unfortunately, modern institutionalism has concentrated on the consequences of political and economic liberties (determined by the institutional environment) to development, with...

This paper aims to contribute to a theoretic and analytical basis to analyze Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as a particular institutional arrangement from the point of view of its transaction costs, an approach that still has been neglected. That negligence has frequently jeopardized the...

This paper aims to i) to present the main dimensions of the Global Value Chain approach (upgrading, governance and government policies); and ii) to investigate the impacts of intellectual property protection on the upgrading possibilities of developing countries by means of presenting of the...

This paper aims to i) to present the main dimensions of the Global Value Chain approach (upgrading, governance and government policies); and ii) to investigate the impacts of intellectual property protection on the upgrading possibilities of developing countries by means of presenting of the...

Nobel Prize Douglass North´s ideas have developed for a long time, since the beginning of the seventies to the end of the nineties. As his historical analysis developed, North became convinced of the positive relationship between economic growth and liberties. This paper tries to demonstrate...

The most important models from regulation economic theory are critically reviewed in this paper. It is shown that the results presented by these models are reciprocally inconsistent and lack decisive empirical support, and that regulator´s autonomy from interest groups as well as the...