Does exposure to aid projects affect citizens’ motivation to pay taxes? As a form of externally-led state building, foreign aid projects can affect citizens’ perceptions of their domestic institutions in unintended ways. We combine geo-coded data on World Bank aid projects and survey data...

This analysis presents a number of correlations between EU Member States (MS) judicial systems and indicators of firm performance. To measure the functioning of the justice systems, we use indicators of efficiency, quality and independence. To measure economic development, business statistics...