North & Weingast (1989)

Theory Questions:

=== What is the author's hypothesis? === How does the author test the hypothesis? === How does the author rule out alternative hypotheses? === How might these tests be run if one had quantitative evidence? === What problems might arise in this quantitative analysis?

Empirical Questions:

What's the author's hypothesis?

How it is tested?

What do the tests achieve?

How could the tests be improved?

What are the tests' strengths and weaknesses?

Can you think of any alternative empirical tests?