' persistent characteristics, such as their institutions. Among our findings are that macroeconomic policies affect development … institutional quality. -- human development ; institutions ; dynamic panel modelling …

In this paper we revisit the relationship between institutions, human capital and development. We argue that empirical … models that treat institutions and human capital as exogenous are misspecified both because of the usual omitted variable … focus on historically-determined differences in human capital and control for the effect of institutions, the impact of …

This paper analyses the connection between legal origins and generalized trust. Based on recent results of institutions …. -- Trust ; Legal Origins ; Colonization ; Institutions ; Causality ; Deep Rooted Factors of Development …

geographic location for inter-State conflict. The main predictions of the theory are that conflict tends to be more likely when …

, and economic sanctions); chapters on past topics where there has been significant advances in knowledge (e.g., conflict …

insights from the contentious politics and conflict studies literatures I develop an empirical model of protest incidence … between 1990 and 2011 indicate that large urban populations, hybrid political institutions, election events, recent regime …