Institutions and economic growth: sharpening the research agenda: remarks...

Journal of Economic Issues;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...After a long hiatus, institutions again is a fashionable term in...widespread agreement that the right institutions are the key to economic productivity...different definitions of what institutions are and what they do. Most analyses...

Ayres on institutions - a reconsideration. (economist Clarence Ayres)

Journal of Economic Issues;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......attitude of institutionalists toward institutions has been conditioned by the Veblenian...inherently static - therefore resistant - institutions. This note is devoted to the proposition...misreading by Veblen of the role of institutions, a misreading that was exacerbated...

Chapter III: growth and institutions.

World Economic Outlook;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The importance of institutions for economic development and growth...countries, the channels through which institutions may affect economic performance...particular, recent work on growth and institutions has sought to identify the deep...

Economic activity and institutions: taking stock.

Journal of Economic Issues;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...If we start from the premise that institutions are socially constructed (Berger and...The intertwined relationship between institutions and human (including economic) activity...perfect competition; the role of social institutions in shaping individual preferences...

Institutions and the Environment.(Book review)

Journal of Economic Issues;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Institutions and the Environment by Arild Vam. Cheltenham, UK and...book, that we need a substantial reorientation of the institutions governing our economy if we are to have any chance...environmental problems (p. 21). This timely book is about institutions: how they develop, how they function and how ...

A grammar of institutions.

American Political Science Review;  September 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......introduced here is based on a view that institutions are enduring regularities of human...the grammar identifies components of institutions and sorts them into three types of...political science was the study of institutions and of political philosophy. The behavioral...

Roots of development; Economics focus.(The role of institutions in...

The Economist (US);  October 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ......matters most for development--geography, institutions or policy? ECONOMIC growth in poor...stress the importance of long-lived institutions that are conducive to growth: political...policy (on the whole), sound and stable institutions and favourable geography. Many of the...

Islam and the institutions of a free society.

Independent Review;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......that Islam threatens the values and institutions of free societies. The brutal destruction...Islamic values are compatible with the institutions of free societies is relevant most...article, I concentrate on whether the institutions of a free society are compatible with...

Islam and the Institutions of a Free Society

The Independent Review;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......that Islam threatens the values and institutions of free societies. The brutal destruction...Islamic values are compatible with the institutions of free societies is relevant most...article, I concentrate on whether the institutions of a free society are compatible with...

Multi-Currency Options and Financial Institutions' Hedging: Correlation...

International Advances in Economic Research;  November 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......paper examines one element of financial institutions doing business internationally: currency...that affect the repayment of financial institutions' portfolios of loans (assets) and debt...international currency markets cause financial institutions to face substantial currency risks...

Blackboard Releases Report on Globalisation & Higher Education; New...

M2 Presswire;  May 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......New Challenges, Opportunities for Institutions are Highlighted(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...challenges and opportunities facing institutions of higher education in a time of globalisation...major policy priorities. As a result, institutions of higher education now face intense...

Institutions in a globalized world.(Opinion & Editorial)

Manila Bulletin;  November 9, 2004 ;     672 words ...IN any society, institutions are as important, if not more so, as markets. After all, institutions provide the framework for the cooperation...undertake in association with each other. Institutions provide the rule of law and the structure...

Thoughtful review of Chapter 9 institutions breathes life into...

Cape Times (South Africa);  August 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ......last September to review the Chapter 9 institutions, many feared it would do little more...establishes a range of independent institutions tasked with strengthening constitutional...a sense, this is what the Chapter 9 institutions represent, a check on the abuse of...

The influence of political talk radio on confidence in democratic...

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......their confidence in democratic institutions. The paper argues that communication...negative depictions of democratic institutions by specific sources cultivate negative perceptions of those institutions among users of these modalities...

The Catholic identity of Catholic institutions.

Theological Studies;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......recently been written about Catholic institutions, especially health care, higher education...about the Catholic identity of such institutions and about developing strategies for...what is common to all three of these institutions and then the specific issues that arise...