This book explores institutional change and economic behaviour by examining the transition process in the former socialist countries that joined the EU in 2004, looking at the growth occurring in China, offering a historical perspective on economic underdevelopment in the Middle East, and...

This book presents the results of a collective and original empirical investigation of the institutional systems underlying the capitalisms that are coming to the fore in developing nations. While varieties of industrialized countries' capitalisms are extensively scrutinized, those of developing...

Congressional control of state taxation : evidence and lessons for federalism theory / Brian Gale -- Harmonisation of private law in Europe / Michael Faure -- Lessons in fiscal federalism from American Indian nations / Terry L. Anderson and Dominic P. Parker -- Do profits promote pollution? The...