Ordnungstheorie und Institutionenökonomik waren und sind ein zentrales Marburger Forschungsprogramm. Das 50jährige Bestehen der Forschungsstelle zum Vergleich wirtschaftlicher Lenkungssysteme war der Anlaß für eine Festveranstaltung. Im 1. Teil des vorliegenden Bandes finden sich die...

Over the last couple of decades, non-majoritarian institutions (NMIs) have been introduced in many countries. Of late, they have been criticized as promoting technocracy to the detriment of democracy. A number of political scientists even argue that they would strengthen populists and be, hence,...

The statement "institutions matter" has become commonplace. A precondition for it to be supported by empirical evidence, is, however, that institutions are measurable. Glaeser et al. (2004) attacks many studies claiming to prove the relevance of institutions for economic development as being...