No law without a state

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-193

  Charron, Nicholas ^a   Dahlström, Carl ^a   Lapuente, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Civil law; Common law; Institutional quality; Legal origins; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860589736     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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