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- The Grand Pattern of Development and the Transition of Institutions
- The Grand Pattern of Development and the Transition of Institutions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Main Ideas
- Part II The Transitions of Institutions
- Part III The Grand Transition
- Contents
- 12 The Hump-Shaped Transition Path for the Growth Rate
- 13 Do Improvements of Institutions Harm Development?
- 14 Conclusions
- References
- Index
14 - Conclusions
from Part III - The Grand Transition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2021
- The Grand Pattern of Development and the Transition of Institutions
- The Grand Pattern of Development and the Transition of Institutions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Main Ideas
- Part II The Transitions of Institutions
- Part III The Grand Transition
- Contents
- 12 The Hump-Shaped Transition Path for the Growth Rate
- 13 Do Improvements of Institutions Harm Development?
- 14 Conclusions
- References
- Index
Summary
The book shows that institutional changes have a large endogenous element in the form of strong but fuzzy underlying transitions. This is illustrated by a tale of three countries with a different culture and history that have converged to become much the same. However, the endogeneity means that we are explaining development by development, which gives a very confluent process. It is argued that exogeneity enters through arbitrary triggering events, which creates the large-scale fuzziness we observe, even when the underlying endogeneity leads to much the same transitions in the end.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021