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Deconstructing the dominant discourse: Chang on institutions and development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2011

JOHN JOSEPH WALLIS*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20782, USA

Abstract:

This article provides comments on the article titled ‘Institutions and Economic Development: Theory, Policy and History’ by Ha-Joon Chang.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The JOIE Foundation 2011

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