There is an important literature on the causal relationship between the quality of institutions and macroeconomic …

of institutions. In this paper, I consider the case of firm concentration in Italy and its impact on local development. A … large and growing literature has argued in favour of persisting effects of past institutions on current outcomes. Hence, in …: namely the presence of a university and status as a free-city state in the Early Middle Ages. I first show that those two …

In this paper we analyze whether and which political institutions are important for famine prevention and for keeping … consequence, the institutions needed might be very different. The econometric exercises realized on a group of emerging and … democratic institutions in facing other structural problems, such as hunger and poverty. Moreover, two main institutional …

policies. The results show that countries with strong (weak) institutions adopt counter- (pro-) cyclical macroeconomic policies …

must be comprehensive and institutionally specific so that reformers know which institutions to reform and how to do so …

Douglass North (1990) describes institutions as the rules of the game that set limits on human behavior, now a ….” A review of this evidence, and its implications for our understanding of the role of social norms and institutions, is …

The link between economic growth and institutions has been studied for more than ten years. Our goal is to take stock …

innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … robust even after controlling for the effect of institutions and other factors. We also provide evidence of a two-way causal … effect between culture and institutions. …

through institutions, and without institutional change we will not move purposefully toward sustainability. Although there has … institutions for sustainability, suggesting the core principles of persistence, purposefulness, information-richness, inclusiveness …