Introduction -- Theoretical and Contextual Frameworks -- Statistical Analysis of Latecomers’ Innovations in Time of Crisis -- Case Studies of Two Latecomer Firms: Methodology -- Case Study of TENARIS -- Case Study of IMPSA -- Conclusions.

We use the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to show that personal relationships which individuals maintain for non-economic reasons can be an important determinant of regional economic growth. We show that West German households who have social ties to East Germany in 1989 experience a persistent...

This paper analyses the connection between legal origins and generalized trust. Based on recent results of institutions and trust research it argues that legal origins and trust are connected via the beliefs of agents. Next, it develops hypotheses about a complex and self-reinforcing causal...