-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …

-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …

There is a growing consensus among economists and policy makers that institutions matter for economic development and … capture both political and economic dimensions of institutions. The results indicate that a catch-up in economic institutional … quality has occurred and that most countries with weak economic institutions have a higher rate of change than that of …