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  2. The Ronald Coase Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA

    Mary M. Shirley

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Engerman, S.L., Sokoloff, K.L. (2005). Institutional and Non-Institutional Explanations of Economic Differences. In: Menard, C., Shirley, M.M. (eds) Handbook of New Institutional Economics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25092-1_26

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