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The Nature of Institutional Impediments to Economic Development

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In this paper I shall focus, to a large extent, on (a) institutional impediments as outcomes of distributive conflicts and (b) the collective action problems they exacerbate and (c), in view of the critical need for coordination, on a more complex and nuanced role of the state, which many states fail to perform, but some succeed at. Recent Indian economic history will provide the context of the discussion.

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  • Bardhan, Pranab, 1996. "The Nature of Institutional Impediments to Economic Development," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt8w12j7q1, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
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