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The institutional theory of Douglass North

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to review the institutional theory of Douglass North. After a brief introduction and some comments related to his method, it sums up the theoretical core that proposes from the analysis of three of his main works on the subject.

KEYWORDS:
Rethoric; new institutional economics; Douglass North

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