can be sustained by more then one set of institutions. Technology and institutions co-evolve. Although some institutions …

. Furthermore, we control for the effect of domestic institutions on productivity. A high quality of contract enforcement and … educational institutions in the reporter country are an important determinant of productivity developments. …

We analyze the role of risk-sharing institutions in transitions to modern economies. Transitions requires individual …-level, idiosyncratic risk implies that distinct risk-sharing institutions – even those providing the same level of insurance – can lead to … different growth trajectories if they differently motivate risk-taking. Historically, risk sharing institutions were selected …

&D spillovers across national borders and if institutions play some role in affecting this knowledge diffusion process. Dynamic …

This article addresses theoretically the dynamics of innovation and growth paths in an economy producing “standard … relation with consumers’ decisions. In particular, we model how producers adapt their dynamics of innovation, i.e. their … different dynamics of innovation. Reaching the “industrial maturity regime” depends on the consumer taste for diversity in …

individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five … waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation … innovation. …

relevant for socio-ecological transition. Hereby the paper focuses on the concepts of sustainability, growth, innovation …