, the use of corsairs (privateers) by England and the United Provinces (Dutch Republic) in the late 16th and early 17th …. English and Dutch privateers proved to be economically efficient and superior to the centrally planned war operations of the …

of macroculture and then a case study, the use of corsairs (privateers) by England and the United Provinces (Dutch … English and Dutch privateers proved to be economically efficient and superior to the centrally planed war operations of the …

focuses on subjective experience in the context of colonial privateers and the vice-admiralty court in the Napoleonic Wars era …. Design/methodology/approach ANTi-History is proposed as a theoretical lens to examine the entrepreneurial work of privateers … privateers. Using ANTi-History as a methodological approach also makes a contribution by promoting it beyond a prolonged …

to be thought of as extra-economic dimensions such as subjective forms of poverty, quality of institutions (especially … public institutions) and type of political regime or, more generally speaking, the society’s system of values. To meet this … qualité des institutions (notamment publiques) et le type de régime politique ou plus généralement le système de valeurs de la …

estimate the country-specific cost of capital. We find a negative relationship between institutions that protect property … rights and capital costs. Firms located in countries with weak institutions were charged a premium compared to similarly … risky firms located in countries with strong institutions, and this penalty appeared to be costly in terms of future growth …

institutions and early development. Our instrumental-variables estimates provide evidence of a robust, positive effect of openness …