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Journal of Institutional Economics Journal of Institutional Economics

editors statement of aims submission aims usa, Canada and Mexico); £37.00 (us $61.00) for individuals, which includes print only, Geoffrey M. Hodgson (Editor-in-Chief) are the stuff of social and institutions and organizations. All manuscripts must be submitted online via “Institutions are the stuff of social and eco- ordering direct from the publishers and Hertfordshire School, economic life. The importance of The Journal of Institutional Econ omics is the website: nomic life. Many influential organizations, certifying that the journal is for their personal University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, understanding the role of institutions in an interdisciplinary journal that will be of http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/joie including the , have recognized use. The electronic-only available to Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK is now widely appreciated. to all academics working in the social Detailed instructions for submitting the importance of institutions for economic [email protected] institutional subscribers is £323.00 The Journal of Institutional Economics is sciences, including in economics, business your manuscript online can be found at development. The Nobel Prize has been (us $540.00 in usa, Canada and Mexico). Richard N. Langlois devoted to the study of the nature, role and studies, the submission website by clicking on the awarded to , , Single parts are £75.00 (us $126.00 in usa, Department of Economics, evolution of institutions in the , sociology, politics, geography, anthropology ‘Instructions and Forms’ link in the top and for their Canada and Mexico) plus postage. EU sub- University of Connecticut, USA including firms, states, markets, , and philosophy. The Journal of Institutional right of the screen; and then clicking on the pioneering work in institutional economics.” [email protected] scribers (outside the uk) who are not regis- and other vital institutions and Economics aims to provide all authors with an ‘Author Submission Instructions’ icon on “The Journal of Institutional Economics is tered for vat should add vat at their country’s Jason Potts organizations. It welcomes contributions by all expert verdict on their articles within 50 days the following page. devoted to the study of the nature, role and evo- rate. vat registered members should provide RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia schools of thought that can contribute to our of submission. The Editor will acknowledge receipt of the lution of institutions in the economy, including their vat registration number. 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However, this principle is not INSEAD Fulfillment Department, UPH, Shaftesbury University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill There must be no indication of the personal generally extended to scarcity of human cogni- Janos Kornai Road, Cambridge CB2 8BS, UK. or in the Ash Amin identity or of any author of the tive or calculative abilities: these are often Collegium Budapest usa, Canada and Mexico: Cambridge University of Cambridge article within the article itself, or in the assumed to be unlimited. Furthermore, social University Press, Journals Fulfillment Tony Lawson ‘properties’ of the electronic file. Normally, institutions are often assumed as given, freely Margaret Archer Department, 32 Avenue of the Americas, New University of Cambridge articles (including footnotes and references) available, or producible at insignificant cost. In University of Warwick must be no longer than 9,000 words. In York, NY 10013, USA. Periodicals postage Brian Loasby contrast, institutional economics regards institu- W. Brian Arthur special cases, such as an extended review or paid at New York, ny and at additional offices. University of Stirling tions as costly to produce, and sees human Sante Fe Institute survey article, this limit may be extended Uskali Mäki beings as reliant on social customs and institu- copying Paul Dale Bush to 12,000 words. A declaration of the total Academy of Finland tions in order to make decisions. Institutional California State University at Fresno word count (including footnotes and refer- economics addresses the issues of learning and This journal is registered with the Copyright J. Stanley Metcalfe ences) must accompany or be within the John Cantwell cognition, and their relationship with institu- Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, University of Manchester Rutgers University article. tional structures, cultures, routines, and habits.” Danvers, ma 01923, usa. 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Journal of ISSN 1744-1374 Journal of Institutional Economics Institutional Journal of Economics

vol 14 • no 2 • APRIL 2018 Institutional

Special Issue on Colonial Institutions and African

Contents

197 Introduction to the Special Issue on colonial institutions and African development Antoine Parent A multi-disciplinary forum for research on economic institutions 207 Democracy and institutions in postcolonial Africa Alan Green

233 Constitutional bargaining and the quality of contemporary African institutions: a test of the incremental reform hypothesis vol 14 • no 2 • APRIL 2018 Roger D. Congleton and Dongwoo Yoo

259 Is colonialism history? The declining impact of colonial legacies on African institutional and economic development Robbert Maseland Special Issue on Colonial Institutions

vol and African Development 289 Copying informal institutions: the role of British colonial officers during the decolonization of British Africa

Valentin Seidler 14

313 From coercion to compensation: institutional responses to labour scarcity in the Central • no African Copperbelt Dácil Juif and Ewout Frankema 2 • 345 Historical institutional determinants of financial system development in Africa APRIL Chukwunonye O. Emenalo, Francesca Gagliardi and Geoffrey M. Hodgson

373 Institutions and the colonisation of Africa: some lessons from French colonial

economics 2018 Abdallah Zouache

393 Clément Juglar and Algeria: three pillars of modern anti-colonial criticism Antoine Parent and Robert Butler

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