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Reply to the comments on ‘Institutions and Economic Development: Theory, Policy and History’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2011

HA-JOON CHANG*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DD, UK

Abstract:

This article is a reply to the comments made on my target article, ‘Institutions and Economic Development: Theory, Policy and History’, at the beginning of this issue.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The JOIE Foundation 2011

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