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The Cost of Diversity: Endogenous Property Rights and Growth

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  • Seth Norton, 2000. "The Cost of Diversity: Endogenous Property Rights and Growth," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 11(4), pages 319-337, December.
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