We provide an abstract model of the interaction between culture and political institutions.
The model is designed to study the political economy of elites and civil society on the …

Explanations of economic growth and prosperity commonly identify a unique causal effect,
eg, institutions, culture, human capital, geography. In this paper we provide instead a …

This paper surveys recent work on the political economy of growth. After presenting the
general structure of a model of politics and growth with heterogenous agents, we discuss the …

Why do some societies have political institutions that support productively inefficient
outcomes? And why does the political power of elites vested in these outcomes often grow …

This article investigates how public policy responds to persistent ideological shifts in
dynamic politico‐economic equilibria. To this end, I develop a tractable model to analyze the …

We develop a theory of endogenous regimes transitions (with a focus on democratic
consolidation), which emphasizes the role of political culture and of its interaction with …

Almost all democratic societies evolved socially and politically out of authoritarian and
nondemocratic regimes. These changes not only altered the allocation of economic …

There is a great deal of consensus amongst social scientists that the main explanation for
comparative economic performance is variation in economic institutions, construed broadly …

The paper provides a formal framework identifying both the origins and interaction of a
culture of cooperation and inclusive political institutions. When elite members and citizens …

In this paper, we present a model of cultural transmission of preferences on goods, some of
which are provided publicly through simple majority voting. We emphasize the existence of a …