The inter-scalar interaction of norms is pervasive in African hydropolitics due to the nature of freshwater on the continent – shared, strategic and that which necessitates cooperation. However, with few exceptions, particular norms created at specific levels of scale have been …
This dissertation examines the institutional determinants of one set of countries---the former socialist states in South East and Central Europe. It is motivated by the observation that fifteen years after the beginning of transition we see a divergence in the institutional perf…
The world economy experienced extensive international economic integration in the second half of the nineteenth century. This period was also the era of imperial expansion and massive capital exports from Britain to the rest of the world. One of the destinations for these gigant…
This dissertation states that the behavior of banks and investors varies according to the rules of the game and demonstrates that the level of institutional development may have an important role on the effectiveness of monetary policies. The level of institutional development i…