Browsing by Author "Hansson, Gustav"
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Country Size and the Rule of Law: Resuscitating Montesquieu
Olsson, Ola; Hansson, Gustav (2006)The political and economic impact of country size has been a frequently discussed issue in social science. In accordance with the general hypothesis of Montesquieu, this paper demonstrates that there is a robust negative ... -
Essays on Institutions and Economic Growth
Hansson, Gustav (2007-04-03) -
Essays on Social Distance, Institutions, and Economic Growth
Hansson, Gustav (2008-08-25) -
From Physical Coins to Digital Coins A Case of Cryptocurrency
Hansson, Gustav; Vicic, Marko (2022-06-23)Cryptocurrency is a digital currency that is argued to potentially revolutionize the existing financial system based on fiat money. Previous research within the field of cryptocurrency has largely focused on individual ... -
Institutions and their Measures: A Black Box of Goodies
Hansson, Gustav (2006)The use of institutional measures in empirical work is widespread, but the question of what these measures actually capture and how they are constructed is something that is not given enough attention. Institutions and ... -
Nationalism and Government Effectiveness
Ahlerup, Pelle; Hansson, Gustav (2008-09-02)The literature on nation-building and nationalism suggests that nation-building affects economic and political performance, mitigates the problems associated with ethnic hetero- geneity, but that nationalism, an indicator ... -
Same Same but Different? A Comparison of Institutional Models
Hansson, Gustav (2008-11-19)In the growing literature on the creation of institutions, the theories emphasizing colonial and legal origin, religious affiliation, Western European influence, and settler mortality, have been especially influential. ...