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vol 17 • no 4 • AUGUST 2021

A Multi-Disciplinary Journal for Research on Economic Institutions

Contents

529 Employment preservation and textile regulation in early modern England, 1550–1640 John H. Gendron 545 Uncertainty and dispute resolution for blockchain and smart contract institutions Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter 561 Differences in African banking systems: causes and consequences Samuel Mutarindwa, Dorothea Schäfer and Andreas Stephan 583 Financial constraint, trust, and export performances: fi rm-level evidence from Africa Maty Konte and Gideon Ndubuisi 607 Corruption and SME growth: the roles of institutional networking and fi nancial slack Samuel Adomako, Mujtaba Ahsan, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Albert Danso, Kwabena Kesse and Kwabena Frimpong 625 Habraken, Jacobs, and Ostrom on governing the built environment: the case of common interest developments John B. Horowitz 641 Institutional quality and the capital structure of microfi nance institutions: the moderating role of board gender diversity Michael Adusei and Beatrice Sarpong-Danquah 663 Laissez les bons temps rouler? The persistent effect French civil law has on corruption, institutions, and incomes in Louisiana Justin T. Callais 681 A of bureaucratic discretion: heterogeneous application of market entry regulation in Germany Petrik Runst 701 Institutional incentives and community policing Tate Fegley

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