Institutional Transformations, Polity and Economic Outcomes : Testing the North-Wallis-Weingast Doorsteps Framework /

This paper tests the theoretical framework developed by North, Wallis and Weingast (2009) on the transition from closed to open access societies. They posit that societies need to go through three doorsteps: (i) the establishment of rule of law among elites; (ii) the adoption of perpetually existing...

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Autor principal: Quintyn, Marc
Altres autors: Gollwitzer, Sophia
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/087
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF