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Kin Networks and Institutional Development

Kin Networks and Institutional Development

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Kin Networks and Institutional Development

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Kin Networks and Institutional Development

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Oxford University Press

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The Economic journal (London), 2022-10, Vol.132 (647), p.2578-2613

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English

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Oxford University Press

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Abstract
This study provides evidence that strong kin networks are detrimental for democratic participatory institutions and that the medieval Catholic Church's marriage regulations dissolved Europe's clan-based kin networks, which contributed to the emergence of participatory institutions. I show that weak ancestral kin networks are positively...

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Kin Networks and Institutional Development

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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1093_ej_ueac027

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1093_ej_ueac027

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ISSN

0013-0133

E-ISSN

1468-0297

DOI

10.1093/ej/ueac027

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