contribute to Chinese urbanization. Finally, we show that better institutions in Concessions facilitated the emergence of modern …

This paper studies the persistent impact of good institutions on economic development in China. By exploiting a British … customs institutions are also better developed today. Moreover, I show that the institutional switch was exogenous to the pre …-colonial development, and I provide different estimation models to reveal a robust and causal relationship between good institutions and …

This paper studies the persistent impact of good institutions on economic development in China. By exploiting a British … customs institutions are also better developed today. Moreover, I show that the institutional switch was exogenous to the pre …-colonial development, and I provide different estimation models to reveal a robust and causal relationship between good institutions and …

This essay provides a game-theoretic, endogenous view of institutions, and then applies the idea to identify the …

This essay provides a game-theoretic, endogenous view of institutions, and then applies the idea to identify the …

This paper studies the persistent impact of good institutions on economic development in China. By exploiting a British … customs institutions are also better developed today. Moreover, I show that the institutional switch was exogenous to the pre …-colonial development, and I provide different estimation models to reveal a robust and causal relationship between good institutions and …