With the aim of providing a comprehensive analysis of institutions, and of the global economy more generally, this volume explores systems of institutions and the effect of corruption, developments in behavioural economics, the impact of immigration, and the links between democratic progress and economic growth.
Corruption, Development and Institutional Design
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Electoral Rules and Constitutional Structures as Constraints on Corruption; J.Kunicova and S.Rose-Ackerman State Capture from Yeltsin to Putin; E.Zhuravskaya and E.Iakovlev Democracy for Better Governance and Higher Economic Growth in the Middle East and North Africa Region?; M.K.Nabli Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers; K.Sabirianova, J.Svejnar and K.Terrell A Portrait of the Chinese Entrepreneur; G.Roland The Brain Drain, Educated Unemployment, Human Capital Formation and Economic Betterment; C.S.Fan and O.Stark On an Optimal Selective Migration Policy when Information is Asymmetric and Incentives Count; A.Casarico, O.Stark and S.Uebelmesser International Migration, Human Capital Formation and the Setting of Migration Control Policies: Mapping the Gains; A.Casarico, C.Devillanova, O.Stark and S.Uebelmesser A Gain with a Drain? Evidence from Rural Mexico on the New Economics of the Brain Drain; S.Boucher, O.Stark and J.E.Taylor Redesigning Public Utilities: The Key Role of Micro-Institutions; C.Ménard Does Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance?; L.Andres, J.L.Guasch and S.Straub Institutional Design and Energy Reform in the UK; R.Green