In this paper, we consider the role of political stability in the source country as a potential push/pull factor for emigrants. We control for all possible potential source country characteristics and yet find political stability to have a strong influence on the skilled emigration rate. While...

Previous literature has clearly demonstrated the need for sound government policies or ‘institutions’ to promote and support entrepreneurship in a country. This paper explores the role of one such institution – political stability – in boosting entrepreneurial endeavors. A politically...

Previous literature generally finds greater fiscal decentralization associated with faster economic growth. A separate, but related, literature finds greater fiscal decentralization associated with improved government performance, and stronger constraints on the Leviathan behavior of...

Previous literature generally finds greater fiscal decentralization associated with faster economic growth. A separate, but related, literature finds greater fiscal decentralization associated with improved government performance, and stronger constraints on the Leviathan behavior of...