Do countries need a large menu of organizational forms? Does the flexibility of a larger organizational menu provide advantages for businesses? This paper explores these questions by studying the choice of organizational form in an underdeveloped civil law country undergoing…

I review the current theoretical and econometric literature on the economic dynamics of urbanization and its relation to economic growth. I then report research results on the short- and long-term impacts of urbanization on human development, using Gray and Purser’s…

How are committee leaders in legislatures chosen absent seniority norms? This paper argues that the prior political experience of legislators can serve as cues to caucus leaders to reduce adverse selection in a legislature where seniority cannot be the basis…