less developed civilisations often rely on informal institutions such as religion (RES). The present paper attempts to …

arise from long-term processes influenced by geography, major historical events, culture, and, less commonly, religion. This … chapter reviews the available evidence to demonstrate that religion has a strong effect on formal (laws, judicial and … empirical challenges inherent in the study of religion and institutions, and proposes way to overcome them. It also suggests …

Each of the essays presented enters the conversation about religion in public institutions through a different analytic … consider: the centrality of religion to the organizational identity or to organizational goal achievement, the effect of a … specific aspect of the institution's organizational structure on religion, and the relevance of larger cross …

The impact of freedom on economic growth has attracted significant attention from researchers and policy makers around … the globe. Besides notions of economic freedom, a rapidly growing body of literature stresses the role of personal … freedom is more nuanced towards additional social factors, such as the role of trust and other institutions. This paper re …