different outcome emerges. The model is applied to the occurrence and severity of protests that followed austerity measures …

exists in the use of alternative political technologies; for instance bribes by the rich and protests by the poor are likely … to be countervailing forces, and will both occur in polities with weaker political institutions. …

institutions, geography and integration on per capita income. Concerning theoretical reasoning, emphasis is on the emergence of … institutions and their effect on economic growth. However, institutions can appear in different shapes since political, legal and …, a differentiation between formal and informal institutions is made. The regression results affirm a crucial role of …

institutions, geography, and integration on per capita income. Concerning theoretical reasoning, emphasis is on the emergence of … institutions and their effect on economic growth. However, institutions can appear in different shapes since political, legal, and …, a differentiation between formal and informal institutions is made. Informal institutions are defined as beliefs …

This paper revisits the standard explanations of the violent Chilean protests of late 2019, and in particular their … that blame may lie in a crisis of trust in institutions, political and otherwise. We employ a formal model of how trust in … government institutions can arise -and also disappear- overnight. In that model, the level of trust is tied (but not uniquely …

countries, communities on both sides of the long-gone Habsburg border have been sharing common formal institutions for a century …

countries, communities on both sides of the long-gone Habsburg border have been sharing common formal institutions for a century …

institutions for over 90 years now. In border specifications that restrict identification to individuals living inside a restricted …-state interactions more generally, but not in interpersonal interactions. Past formal institutions can leave a legacy through cultural …