constraints on productive entrepreneurship would require that the decline in level-two institutions, such as democracy and science …

(proxied by individual values) interacts with the stickiest formal institutions in development, which leads to a very special …-togetherness" of values and institutions. Besides establishing that both values and sticky formal institutions are strong determinants … of long-run income, I find that the "stuck-togetherness" of values and institutions acts as a separate factor in …

We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure … institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using …