Publication overview

Economics of Transition - Vol. 13 No. 3 2005

This issue of the journal is devoted to the economics of institutions. The paper by Munshi and Rosenzweig examines how traditional institutions such as caste-based social insurance networks respond to economic development. Hoff and Pandey look at beliefs systems and how they shape the response to economic incentives. Bandiera, Barankay and Rasul study how institutions affect the resolution of collective action problems. The final paper by Bardhan, Rodrik and Rigobon is an empirical study of the effect of institutions on economic performance across countries.

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