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CONTENTS

145–165 Hayek on tacit knowledge F UAT O GUZ˘

167–190 Numbers as a cognitive and social technology: on the nature of conventional number sequences used in economic systems D AVID A. HARPER

191–214 Social capital and human development: an empirical investigation across European countries A SIMINA C HRISTOFOROU

215–242 The origins of governments: from anarchy to hierarchy M ATTHEW B AKER,ERWIN B ULTE, AND J ACOB W EISDORF

243–259 Constraining the state’s ability to employ force: the standing army debates, 1697–99 S HAWN H UMPHREY AND B RADLEY A. HANSEN

261–280 Ownership structure and incentives to invest: dual-structured irrigation cooperatives in Australia B RADLEY P LUNKETT,FABIO R. CHADDAD, AND M ICHAEL L. COOK

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