The presence of a state is one of the most reliable historical predictors of social and
economic development. In this article, we complete the coding of an extant indicator of state …

I discuss correlations between the historical growth of social capabilities and patterns of
economic growth across world regions since the industrial revolution and especially in …

In this paper, we analyze the growth effects of state history and financial development in
transition economies. We show that accumulated experience with established statehood …

This book develops a human capital model to explain transformational growth within
different stages of economic development, which will induce technological changes and …

What is the nature and extent of historical awareness in the development discourse? Does
the development discourse learn from history, including its own? Set in the contexts of aging …

This article revisits the paper “The Historical State, Local Collective Action, and Economic
Development in Vietnam” written by Dell, Lane, and Querubin in 2018. The 2018 paper …

We examine the association between indicators of real GDP per capita and the ACP1
genetic adaptation to disease and ultraviolet radiation environment. We find a strong impact …

ABSTRACT The Doing Business reports have evoked an intense policy debate about
whether countries should simplify regulatory rules or make them more stringent. We argue …

The economic profiles of southern Mediterranean countries (SMCs) bear some resemblance
to those of south-eastern European countries and some former Soviet republics at the …

This article examines the role of the principle of ex aequo et bono in arbitration before the
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). At the outset, the author …