This book investigates whether legal reforms intended to create a market-friendly regulatory business environment have a positive impact on economic and financial outcomes. After conducting a critical review of the legal origins literature, the authors first analyze the evolution of legal rules...

This book investigates the existence of stochastic and deterministic convergence of real output per worker and the sources of output (physical capital per worker, human capital per worker, total factor productivity -TFP- and average annual hours worked) in 21 OECD countries over the period...

This book investigates whether legal reforms intended to create a market-friendly regulatory business environment have a positive impact on economic and financial outcomes. After conducting a critical review of the legal origins literature, the authors first analyze the evolution of legal rules...

1. Introduction -- 2. Description of Developed Countries’ Climate Policy -- 3. Description of BRICS and Indonesia’s Climate Policy -- 4. Literature Review on Emissions Convergence -- 5. Data and Empirical Strategy -- 6. Econometric Methods -- 7. Empirical Results -- 8. PANIC Results -- 9....