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Institutional Complementarity

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Institutional complementarity refers to situation of interdependence among institutions. The present article presents a formal representation of institutional complementarity and discusses several economic applications of this concept.

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  1. LUISS University, Rome, Italy

    Fabio Landini

  2. University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Ugo Pagano

  3. Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

    Ugo Pagano

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  1. Montpellier, France

    Alain Marciano

  2. Dept DiGSPES, Univ del Piemonte Orientale Dept DiGSPES, Alessandria, Italy

    Giovanni Battista Ramello

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Landini, F., Pagano, U. (2016). Institutional Complementarity. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_196-1

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    Institutional Complementarity
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_196-1

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