The statement "institutions matter" has become almost a mantra in today's academic and policy debate. In recent years, many studies have attempted to substantiate this claim empirically. But despite a substantial scholarly literature in economics, law, political science and sociology devoted to this topic, the question of how we can or should measure different kinds of institutions across space and time remains elusive.

The WINIR Panel on Measuring Institutions will focus on this vital question for interdisciplinary institutional research.

Panelists: Stefan Voigt (University of Hamburg, Germany), Adam Chilton (University of Chicago, USA) and Niels Petersen (University of Münster, Germany)

Moderated by Tobias Axelsson (Lund University, Sweden)

This event is presented by the World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research.

Event time is 9:00-10:30 a.m. ET, 8:00-9:30 a.m. CT.

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