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Uncertainty, Specificity and Institutions

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  • Martin Gervais

    (University of Southampton)

  • Igor Livshits

    (University of Western Ontario)

Abstract

ex-ante appropriate (good) institutions may appear to be bad ex-post as they make economies vulnerable to shocks such as turbulence. As an example, the firing restrictions in Europe and Japan, which appear to be an inefficient institution ex-post, may have been a part of an efficient arrangement ex-ante.

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  • Martin Gervais & Igor Livshits, 2010. "Uncertainty, Specificity and Institutions," 2010 Meeting Papers 521, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    • Handle: RePEc:red:sed010:521
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