Under the Thumb of History? Political institutions and the Scope for Action

Published By: BREAD on eSS | Published Date: January, 01 , 2014

This paper discusses the two leading views of history and political institutions. For some scholars, institutions are mainly products of historical logic, while for others, accidents, leaders, and decisions have a significant impact. Given the possibility that policy decisions indeed make a difference, it makes sense to assume they do and to try to improve policymaking. [BREAD Working paper no. 411].

Author(s): Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo | Posted on: Jan 20, 2014 | Views(713) | Download (736)


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