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Do Institutions Cause Growth?

Edward L. Glaeser; Rafael La Porta; Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes; Andrei Shleifer · Journal of Economic Growth 9(3), 271–303 · 2004

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Author: Edward L. Glaeser; Rafael La Porta; Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes; Andrei Shleifer
Identifier: DOI 10.1023/B:JOEG.0000038933.16398.ed
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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DisputedAcemoglu, Johnson and Robinson used settler mortality as an instrument for institutions and estimated large effects of institutions on national income; Albouy argued that the mortality data are often imputed or incomparable and that the estimates are not robust.