Douglass C. North

Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics

Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts & Sciences

One Brookings Drive

St. Louis, MO 63130

United States

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1.

Where Have We Been and Where are We Going?

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Feb 1997
Douglass C. North
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Learning, Institutions, and Economic Performance

MPI Collective Goods Preprint No. 2003/13
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Aug 2004
C. Mantzavinos, Douglass C. North and Syed Shariq
University of Athens, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Stanford University - Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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The Violence Trap: A Political-Economic Approach to the Problems of Development

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2015
Gary W. Cox, Douglass C. North and Barry R. Weingast
Stanford University, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Stanford University, Department of Political Science
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violence, violence trap, poverty trap, economic and political development, economic growth, performance of government, property rights, institutions

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Limited Access Orders in the Developing World: A New Approach to the Problems of Development

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4359
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb and Barry R. Weingast
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, World Bank - Economic Development Institute and Stanford University, Department of Political Science
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Corporate Law, Labor Policies, Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures, E-Business, Disability

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Violence and Social Orders

The Annual Proceedings of the Wealth and Well-Being of Nations, 2009
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 27 Jun 2011
Douglass C. North
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History

NBER Working Paper No. w12795
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 24 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022
Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, University of Maryland - Department of Economics and Stanford University, Department of Political Science
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In the Shadow of Violence: A New Perspective on Development

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Sep 2015
Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb and Barry R. Weingast
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, World Bank - Economic Development Institute and Stanford University, Department of Political Science
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economic development, limited access orders, open access orders, violence

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The Historical Evolution of Politics

Revista de Economía Institucional, Vol. 2, No. 2, First Semester 2000
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 01 Jan 2004
Douglass C. North
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Politics, economic history, institutional change, learning

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A Conversation with Douglass North

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 7, Issue 1, pp. 1-10, 2015
Posted: 12 Oct 2015
Douglass C. North, Gardner Brown and Dean Lueck
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, University of Washington - Department of Economics and Indiana University

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Limited Access Orders: An Introduction to the Conceptual Framework

Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb and Barry R. Weingast, In the Shadow of Violence: Politics, Economics, and The Problems of Development Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Posted: 13 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2015
Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb and Barry R. Weingast
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, World Bank - Economic Development Institute and Stanford University, Department of Political Science

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Political economy of development; control of violence, comparative economic systems

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Institutional Change: A Framework of Analysis

Posted: 02 Sep 1999
Douglass C. North
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics

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Institutions and Credible Commitment

Posted: 02 Sep 1999
Douglass C. North
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics

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Economics and Cognitive Science

Posted: 01 Sep 1999
Douglass C. North
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics

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Institutions, Organizations and Market Competition

Posted: 12 Feb 1997
Douglass C. North
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics

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