Understanding long run economic growth

By Dora L. Costa

The conditions for sustainable growth and development are among the most debated topics in economics, and the consensus is that institutions matter greatly in explaining why some economies are more...

Organizations Civil Society and the Roots of Development

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Coordination and Information

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Coordination and Information

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Learning by doing in markets, firms, and countries

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Learning by doing in markets, firms, and countries

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Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to Present

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Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to Present

By Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Kenneth Lee Sokoloff

The Great Merger Movement in American Business 18951904

By Naomi R. Lamoreaux

Insider Lending: Banks, Personal Connections, and Economic Development in Industrial New England

By Naomi R. Lamoreaux

Banks in early nineteenth-century New England functioned very differently from their modern counterparts. Most significantly, they lent a large proportion of their funds to members of their own boa...