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Trade, Law And Product Complexity, Katharina Pistor, Daniel Berkowitz, Johannes Moenius
Trade, Law And Product Complexity, Katharina Pistor, Daniel Berkowitz, Johannes Moenius
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How does the quality of national institutions that enforce the rule of law influence international trade? Anderson and Marcouiller argue that bad institutions located in the importer’s country deter international trade because they enable economic predators to steal and extort rents at the importer’s border. We complement this research and show how good institutions located in the exporter’s country enhance international trade, in particular, trade in complex products whose characteristics are difficult to fully specify in a contract. We argue that both exporter and importer institutions affect international as well as domestic transaction costs in complex and simple product markets. …
The Past, Present, And Future Of Violent Crime Federalism, Daniel C. Richman
The Past, Present, And Future Of Violent Crime Federalism, Daniel C. Richman
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The history of the federal involvement in violent crime frequently is told as one of entrepreneurial or opportunistic action by presidential administrations and Congress. The problem with this story, however, is that it treats state and local governments as objects of federal initiatives, not as independent agents. Appreciating that state and local governments courted and benefited from the federal interest is important for understanding the past two decades, but also for understanding the institutional strains created by the absolute priority the feds have given to counterterrorism since September 11, 2001. Intergovernmental relations are at a crossroads. For two decades, the …