Many developing countries' exports tend to be highly concentrated in terms of sectors and even products. In particular, they are strongly specialized in self-contained sectors. Recent economic literature has shown that institutions contribute to explaining this pattern. In this paper, we argue...

This paper compares the privatization processes in Brazil and Russia and their impact on the distribution of income and assets. Although the economic history of the two countries and past institutional evolution were quite different, and the privatization methods were different, the net results...