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long divergence: a standalone construct

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longdivergence1 CONSTRUCTLong divergenceKURAN · ECONOMIC HISTORY

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Economic history

the Middle East's falling behind Western Europe because Islamic legal institutions on partnerships and inheritance stayed fixed while European ones evolved.

In economic history, long divergence refers to the Middle East's falling behind Western Europe because Islamic legal institutions on partnerships and inheritance stayed fixed while European ones evolved. This meaning comes from Kuran (2004) in Journal of Economic Perspectives.[1]

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divergence4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructsinheritance3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructsWestern1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

  1. Kuran, T. (2004). Why the Middle East is Economically Underdeveloped: Historical Mechanisms of Institutional Stagnation. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18(3), 71-90. https://doi.org/10.1257/0895330042162421

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