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DisputedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0599 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: New institutional economics · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“North and Weingast argued that institutions established after 1688 let the English Crown commit credibly to property rights, lowering borrowing costs; Sussman and Yafeh found that British interest rates stayed high and volatile for about four decades afterwards.”

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