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Institutionally Constrained Technology Adoption: Resolving the Longbow Puzzle

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  • Douglas W. Allen & Peter T. Leeson, 2015. "Institutionally Constrained Technology Adoption: Resolving the Longbow Puzzle," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 58(3).
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