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Stevens Azima PhD's avatar

Thank you for this insightful piece. I was wondering if it's entirely appropriate to say that the institutional revolution was 'initiated' by AJR. It seems there may be earlier contributions and authors who highlighted the significance of institutions as well.

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Lionel Page's avatar

Thanks, yes not the best term. Others preceded them. Besides North and Ostrom. Engerman and Sokoloff paper in the 90s comparing the development in the US and Mexico was very influential. I changed it for "ignited" as it really took off with their work.

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