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Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance

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Management, Business Economics, Economics +14

The Costs and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration

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Business, Business Economics, Contract Law +16

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Business, Economics, Contract Theory +15

Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth-Century England

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Law, Constitutional Law, Public Policy +14

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Social Sciences, Economics, Foreign Direct Investment +15