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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Auteur principal: Quintyn, Marc
Autres auteurs: Gollwitzer, Sophia
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/087
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF