Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I History
6. 1 The Impact of Administrative Power on Political and Economic Developments: Toward a Political Economy of Implementation 17
7. 2 The Institutional Origins of the Industrial Revolution 64
8. 3 Institutions and the Resource Curse in Early Modern Spain 120
9. 4 Slavery, Inequality, and Economic Development in the Americas: An Examination of the Engerman-Sokoloff Hypothesis 148
10. 5 Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia 181
11. II Theory
12. 6 The Constitutional Choice of Bicameralism 249
13. 7 Economic Development, Insurgency, and Civil War 292
14. 8 Party Discipline and Pork-Barrel Politics 329
15. 9 Policy Persistence in Multiparty Parliamentary Democracies 361
16. III Contemporary Evidence
17. 10 Formalizing Informal Institutions 409
18. 11 Making Autocracy Work 452
19. 12 Democracy, Technology, and Growth 511
20. 13 The Growth Effect of Democracy: Is It Heterogenous and How Can It Be Estimated? 544
21. List of Contributors 587
22. Author Index 589
23. Subject Index 597