Ethnic state capacity and contract enforceability
Examines the introduction of state contracts and their effect on trade amongst different ethnic groups
Abstract
This research was funded under the Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) Programme
Results uncover an ethnic bias in contract enforcement by the state. Results suggest that while social institutions govern some agency relations, they also govern the state administration, therefore distorting the impact of state legal capacity.
Citation
Sanchez de la Sierra, R. Ethnic State Capacity and Contract Enforceability. (2013) 53 pp