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Unbundling Institutions

Unbundling Institutions

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_uchicagopress_journals_432166

Unbundling Institutions

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Full title

Unbundling Institutions

Publisher

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press

Journal title

The Journal of political economy, 2005-10, Vol.113 (5), p.949-995

Language

English

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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press

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Contents

This paper evaluates the importance of “property rights institutions,” which protect citizens against expropriation by the government and powerful elites, and “contracting institutions,” which enable private contracts between citizens. We exploit exogenous variation in both types of institutions driven by colonial history and document strong first‐...

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Unbundling Institutions

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TN_cdi_uchicagopress_journals_432166

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_uchicagopress_journals_432166

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ISSN

0022-3808

E-ISSN

1537-534X

DOI

10.1086/432166

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