In explaining individual behavior in politics, economists should rely on the same
motivational assumptions they use to explain behavior in the market: that is what Political …

How can economists use qualitative evidence–such as archival materials, interviews, and
ethnography–to study institutions? While applied economists typically rely on quantitative …

Why does prison social order vary around the world? While many of the basic characteristics
of prisons are similar globally, the extent and form of informal inmate organization varies …

Kreuzer offers guidance to scholars looking to comparative historical analysis (CHA) for the
tools to analyze macro-historical questions. Like history, CHA uses the past to formulate …

In the search for effective approaches to sustainable development, a'green economy'has
been touted by key UN bodies and donors as a 'triple-win'solution. Through a political …

We investigate the role of individualistic social rules and norms in charitable giving.
Individualism in market societies is often criticized as corrupting morality and discouraging …

Public choice theory has originally been motivated by the need to correct the asymmetry,
widespread in traditional welfare economics, between the motivational assumptions of …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to consider the impact of Baumol's work on
entrepreneurship has had on framing the economic development puzzle …

This paper explores the potential for gains from trade between Austrian and behavioral
economics, with a focus on how the two schools of thoughts can constructively critique each …

A common argument in the trust literature is that high-trust cultures allow efficient
commercial contracts to be shorter, covering fewer contingencies. We take this idea to the …