. -- property rights ; growth ; minority groups ; law …

Data on the growth performances of countries with similar comparative (dis)advantage and political institutions reveal … a striking variation across world regions. While some former autocracies such as the East Asian growth miracles have …

foster economic growth when voice and accountability are in place; broad-based rule of law is enforced with secure property … institutions, natural resource rents cease to have a negative impact on long-term growth. Institutions in resource-based economies …

. Economic institutions encouraging economic growth emerge when political institutions allocate power to groups with interests in …

Patents for inventions are at the crossroad of law, technology and economics, with the Patent System resting on two …

We study the link between public enforcement of property rights, innovation investments, and economic growth in an … endogenous growth framework with an expanding set of product varieties. We find that a government may assure positive equilibrium … growth through public employment in the enforcement of property rights, if the economic environment is sufficiently favorable …