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The Grand Pattern of Development and the Transition of Institutions

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK) and New York 2021
Full version as of October 28th, latest corrections 2nd of February

Cover

Page


vContent

viiForeword


1Part I. Main Ideas


3 Chapter 1. Introduction

21 Chapter 2. Some Technical Points

35 Chapter 3. The Largest Historical Event: The End of Soviet Socialism


43 Part II. Transitions of Institutions


44Part IIA. The Democratic Transition, chapters 4 to 7

45 Chapter 4. Literature, Data, Transition Path and Causality

61 Chapter 5. The Jumps Model for the Short Run, 1960-2016

71 Chapter 6. Events are Practically Random

83 Chapter 7. The Three Pillars Model for the Long Run, 1800-2016


94 Part IIB. The Transition of the Economic System, chapters 8 and 9

95 Chapter 8. Ownership Preferences: The B-index

111 Chapter 9. Economic freedom: The F-index


120 Part IIC. The Transition of traditions and beliefs, chapters 10 to 11

121 Chapter 10. The Transition of Corruption

141 Chapter 11. The Religious Transtion


164 Part III. The Grand Transition


165 Chapter 12. The Hump-Shaped Transtion Path for the Growth Rate

179 Chapter 13. Do Improvements of institutions Harm Development?

191 Chapter 14. Conclusions


197 References

205 Index (not completed)



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