What is the role of economic institutions in the effectiveness of fiscal policy? This paper argues that the extent to … determining role of institutions in emerging countries is more prominent than that in advanced economies which are pretty …

hardships? The recent crisis has brought these questions to the forefront of the discussions among development institutions. Our …

institutions have been found to be decisive for the break out of stagnation and for explaining cross-country income differences by …

The so-called 'deep determinants' of economic growth and development (namely, geography, institutions, and integration …

We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure … institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using …

, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. Sound institutions … the quality of their institutions and economic governance over the past decade, it is crucial that they preserve the …

combine data on institutions with data on economic growth in order to determine which institutions are especially conductive … to growth. Our analysis is framed by the approach of a hierarchy of institutions in which political institutions provide … a framework in which contemporary political, economic and societal institutions develop and foster economic growht. This …