Tag: institutions
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MRU Development Economics: The Importance of Institutions
This is the next installment in the MRU Development Economics class. Cowen and Tabarrok give a brief explanation as to why economic institutions make a difference in economics. [This is a 2015 version of the 2012 version that is no longer available.]
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Rulers, communities, and revolution
Aid Watch: Rulers, communities, and revolution … What does this (ridiculously whimsical) example teach us about institutional rules in development? Some have had a simplistic view of institutions in development as deriving only from top-down formal rules and laws. This example and much research indicates otherwise. First, formal rules that are incompatible with community norms…