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Transition as Institutional Change

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Tacking stock of the arguments built in previous chapters, we reframe the discussion so far to emphasise the role of institutions in the process of development.

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Douarin, E., Mickiewicz, T. (2017). Transition as Institutional Change. In: Economics of Institutional Change. Studies in Economic Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-29128-7_11

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