Motivated by a novel stylized fact - countries with isolated capital cities display worse quality of governance - we provide a framework of endogenous institutional choice based on the idea that ...

We show that isolated capital cities are robustly associated with greater levels of corruption across US states. In particular, this is the case when we use the variation induced by the exogenous ...

As of Nov. 11, there were still 23,650 evacuees in 400 locations in 13 cities and towns. There were 14 isolated communities in Wajima, six in Suzu and two in Noto town. The number of people to be ...

Deep in the Arctic Circle lies Norilsk, a Russian city so harsh and unwelcoming that tourists are banned from visiting. Known as the northernmost city in the world, Norilsk has a dark history and ...