Much empirical research has highlighted the importance of institutions and initial conditions in the transition to a market economy. However, relatively little is still know about how these factors directly affect growth paths. This paper explores how institutional factors and initial conditions...

Increasing the realism with respect to the representation of actors, decision-making, and institutions is critical to better understand the transition towards a low-carbon sustainable society since actors, decision-making, and institutions are the defining elements of transition pathways. In...

Abweichend von der herrschenden Meinung kam der Autor zu dem Ergebnis, daß eine nachhaltige Stabilisierung des russischen Geldwesens mittelfristig nicht möglich sei. Um diese These zu belegen, untersuchte der Verfasser unter Zuhilfenahme der Institutionenökonomik, welche in Markwirtschaften...