We present a simple model that illustrates how democracy may improve the quality of economic institutions. The model further suggests that institutional quality varies more across autocracies than across democracy and that the positive effect of democracy on institutional quality is increasing...

Das vorliegende Sammelwerk untersucht in 13 Beiträgen den Verlauf der wirtschaftlichen Anpassung in den Staaten Polen, Ungarn, Ukraine, Kroatien und Slowenien. Die Entwicklungsprozesse und Erfahrungen dieser Länder werden verglichen und ihre Parallelen untersucht. Zudem werden...

"This book addresses the political Instability and its effects on the economics of the MENA countries. It also covers economic growth, brain drain, capital controls, corruption, economic reform, economic shocks, uncertainty, vulnerability, economics inequality, FDI flows, corruption, financial...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between regional convergence inside of countries in EU and overall economic growth, and, based on it, to establish some relevant behavioural regimes. As data sources we are using the available dataset NUTS 2 from EUROSAT for the period...