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How (not) to measure institutions: a reply to Robinson and Shirley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2012

STEFAN VOIGT*
Affiliation:
Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg and CESifo, Munich, Germany

Abstract:

This is a short reply to the comments by James Robinson and Mary Shirley on my paper ‘How (not) to measure institutions’.

Type
Comment
Copyright
Copyright © Millennium Economics Ltd 2012

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