We collect information about more than 5000 Prussian politicians, digitize administrative
data on the provision of health-promoting public goods, and gather local-level information …

In nascent states, rulers may lack the coercive or hierarchical means to control their polities.
We study the petition-response system as an alternative mechanism to establish sovereign …

In this paper, we propose a two-sector endogenous growth model of transition from the
period of pre-industrial stagnation to a sustainable growth regime. In the model the slight …

This article argues for the need to integrate VET and skills analysis within the smart
specialisation approach. As higher skills are linked to greater productivity and an enhanced …

572 these variations? We argue that the intensity of conflict2 and the quality of economic
institutions during the transition crucially depend on the distributions of land and capital both …