This article explains the level of economic freedom in Muslim countries through the theory of institutional path dependency. Islamic countries are generally not free and they have a poor record regarding property rights. To explain these realities we use the institutional history of Muslim...

This article explains the level of economic freedom in Muslim countries through the theory of institutional path dependency. Islamic countries are generally not free and they have a poor record regarding property rights. To explain these realities we use the institutional history of Muslim...

Cet article soutient que la faiblesse des libertés économiques dans les pays de l'aire musulmane (1) s'explique par l'histoire du droit musulman et plus particulièrement sa conception des droits de propriété. Il montre que la principale résistance à l'avènement de la propriété privée...

Cet article soutient que l'on peut sortir de l'impasse dans lequel se trouve la théorie de la relation inégalités – croissance en utilisant la théorie de l'entrepreneur pour expliquer la croissance économique d'un pays. L'idée est la suivante. A l'image du cholestérol, il existerait de...

This article argues that the relative absence of economic freedoms in the countries of the Muslim world can be explained by the history of Muslim law, and more particularly by its conception of property rights. It shows that the main obstacle to the emergence of private property has been the...

This article maintains that we can escape from the deadlock in which the relationship inequalities/growth theory finds itself by using the entrepreneurial theory to explain a country's economic growth. The idea is the following: As with cholesterol, there exist good and bad inequalities. The bad...

This article shows how individuals privatise the landscape. It reminds us that landscape was invented by art, and painting in particular. (1). An elite modified the outlook on nature. It made landscape of the countryside. Once individuals give aesthetic value to land, they buy not only the...

We propose a theory of territorial captivity to explain the level of voter turnout in national elections. We start by showing that the consequences of voting in an election are limited to a clearly defined territory. For this reason, the expected return on the election results will be higher for...

This paper analyses the effect of public expenditure on economic growth from both a theoretical and an empirical point of view. Given that the economic literature supplies numerous and conflicting views on the topic, the article offers a framework combining both theories of market failures and...