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Autor:
Naomi R. Lamoreaux, John Joseph Wallis
Modern developed nations are rich and politically stable in part because their citizens are free to form organizations and have access to the relevant legal resources. Yet in spite of the advantages of open access to civil organizations, it is estima
This book applies the conceptual framework of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2009) to nine developing countries. The cases show how political control of economic p
All societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely li
Autor:
John Joseph Wallis
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Economic History. 82:335-367
In the middle of the nineteenth century, a handful of societies began creating and enforcing impersonal rules, rules that treat everyone the same, on a broad scale. The existing institutional literatures, while appreciating the importance of imperson
Autor:
Robert E. Gallman, John Joseph Wallis
This benchmark volume addresses the debate over the effects of early industrialization on standards of living during the decades before the Civil War. Its contributors demonstrate that the aggregate antebellum economy was growing faster than any othe
Autor:
Naomi R. Lamoreaux, John Joseph Wallis
Before the middle of the nineteenth century most laws enacted in the United States were special bills that granted favors to specific individuals, groups, or localities. This fundamentally inegalitarian system provided political elites with important
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::590ad6356273d3f5eb00d319a2f32f17
https://doi.org/10.3386/w27400
https://doi.org/10.3386/w27400
Autor:
John Joseph Wallis, Barry R. Weingast
Publikováno v:
Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice. 33:19-44
Why did states dominate investments in economic development in early America? Between 1787 and 1860, the national governments spent $54 million on transportation infrastructure while the states spent $450 million. Using models of legislative choice,
Autor:
John Joseph Wallis
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Economic History. 80:626-627
Autor:
John Joseph Wallis
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Economic History. 76:937-947