This paper critically assesses the role of culture in determining the quality of institutions. Employing various measures of cultural differences, I find that only differences related to the degree of individualism in society and the extent to which inequality in the distribution of power is...

This paper critically assesses the role of culture in determining the quality of institutions. Employing various measures of cultural diff erences, I find that only diff erences related to the degree of individualism in society and the extent to which inequality in the distribution of power is...

This paper critically assesses the role of culture in determining the quality of institutions. Employing various measures of cultural differences, I find that only differences related to the degree of individualism in society and the extent to which inequality in the distribution of power is...