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The WNE Working Papers series has been published by the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw since 2008.

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WP(29/2016)220. De jure and de facto institutions – disentangling the interrelationships

Authors: Lewkowicz Jacek, Metelska-Szaniawska Katarzyna
In this paper we contribute to the debate on the nature of institutions and their economic effects by extending the focus to the de jure – de facto institutional distinction. Firstly, we define and conceptualize de facto institutions, as well a…

WP220. De jure and de facto institutions – disentangling the interrelationships

In this paper we contribute to the debate on the nature of institutions and their economic effects by extending the focus to the de jure – de facto institutional distinction. Firstly, we define and conceptualize de facto institutions, as well as elaborate on their place in the broad institutional system and identification. Then we investigate the possible interrelationships between de facto and de jure institutions. Finally, we make a link between these interrelationships and economic outcomes. In this way the paper fills an underexploited niche in institutional research, which is a major background for law and economics.


Lewkowicz Jacek, Metelska-Szaniawska Katarzyna
new institutional economics de jure institutions de facto institutions formal institutions informal institutions institutional interrelationships
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