measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching files from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is used to provide the first …. Estimates indicate that hi-tech entrepreneurship rates were lower in Silicon Valley than the rest of the United States during … the period from January 1996 to February 2000. Examining the post-boom period, we find that entrepreneurship rates in …

the historical determinants of institutions with the sizeable direct impact of geographic endowments on development …. -- growth ; institutions ; geography ; comparative development ; colonialism …

I argue that whether or not a state is predatory hinges on the relationship between development and the distribution of … political power in society. Development is typically inconsistent with the preservation of the political status quo and this …

We propose and apply methods to quantify the impact of national institutions on international trade and development. We …

economic development, and find that democracies grow faster than autocracies. Furthermore, we illustrate how the estimation …