Social Complexity, Learning and International Political Economy, With Illustrations from the Political Economy of Trade Policy Complexity is an essential element of the political economic environment. This fact implies that ignorance and learning will affect the dynamics of that environment. This paper surveys recent work from decision theory, game theory, and economics that seeks to formalize ...

50 years since independence, agriculture remains a key driver for economic growth, rural development and poverty reduction in many African countries. Yet, the sector has suffered from market and policy failures and has largely failed to fulfil its potential. Why do agricultural policies seem to have failed in seizing development opportunities? This paper argues that this is partly due to the fa...

a College of Business and Center for Behavioral Political Economy, Stony Brook University b Center for Behavioral Political Economy, Department of Political Science, and College of Business, Stony Brook University c Center for Evolutionary Psychology and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara d Center for Evolutionary Psychology and Department of...

Research in the field of economic development is increasingly engaged with questions of political economy, of how political choices, institutional structures and forms of governance influence the economic choices made by governments and citizens. We summarize recent developments in the field and introduce a set of papers that illustrate key themes and methodological innovations associated with ...