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17441374_6-2.qxd 4/28/10 6:25 PM Page 1 Journal of ISSN 1744-1374 Economics Institutional of Journal Institutional Journal of Economics vol 6 • no 2 • JUNE 2010 Institutional Economics Contents 145 Hayek on tacit knowledge vol 6 • no 2 • JUNE 2010 Fuat O˘guz 167 Numbers as a cognitive and social technology: on the nature of conventional number sequences used in economic systems David A. Harper 191 Social capital and human development: an empirical investigation across European countries Asimina Christoforou 215 The origins of governments: from anarchy to hierarchy Matthew Baker, Erwin Bulte, and Jacob Weisdorf vol 6 • no 2 JUNEvol 2010 243 Constraining the state’s ability to employ force: the standing army debates, 1697–99 Shawn Humphrey and Bradley A. Hansen 261 Ownership structure and incentives to invest: dual-structured irrigation cooperatives in Australia Bradley Plunkett, Fabio R. Chaddad, and Michael L. 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