Research in the field of economic development is increasingly engaged with questions of political economy, of how political choices, institutional structures, and forms of governance influence the economic choices made by governments and citizens. We summarize recent developments in the field...

This paper studies the effect of political stability and governance on economic development by consulting the literature, examining the data, and through empirical estimations. Additionally, further attention is paid to the role of political leadership and democratic institutions. The empirical...

Social policy is to a certain extent a philosophy, ideology, program to impact on demographics, employment of the population, standard, lifestyle and quality of life of the population, its income level and structure of consumption of material and cultural wealth, pension and other forms of...

On March 1, 2016, the ABA Section of Antitrust, Exemptions and Immunities Committee presented a panel with an update on state action immunity since N.C. Dental. After giving a brief refresher on N.C. Dental, the panel discussed the recent Federal Trade Commission guidance on the decision, an...

This article reviews the recent literature on the developmental effects of resource abundance, assessing likely effects and channels with respect to key development outcomes. To date, this area has received less analysis, although it is relevant to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development...