A Theory of the Ethnically Homogeneous Middleman Group
An Institutional Alternative to Contract Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5771351 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet T Landa (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 349-362 |
| Publication date | 1981-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Legal Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2530 • E-ISSN: 1537-5366 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/467685 |
| OpenAlex | W4230864951 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 70 |
Business · Economics · Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Group (periodic table) · Homogeneous · Law and economics · Political science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Mathematics
Ethnic nepotism as heuristic
The clan and the corporation
How Communities Create Economic Advantage
The World Imagined
Ostracism in Japan
Ethnogenesis and statelessness
Social capital and the problem of opportunistic leadership
Formal and informal institutional legacies and inward foreign direct investment into firms
Les enjeux de l’entreprenariat immigré
The Role of Culture and Institutions in Promoting Middleman-Entrepreneurship in Less-Developed Economies
The Puzzle of Prison Order
Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict
Has punishment played a role in the evolution of cooperation? A critical review
Ethnic diversity, concentration of political power and the curse of natural resources
The compliance game
Political credibility and economic growth in less developed countries
Dreams of Pakistani Grill and Vada Pao in Manhattan
The Law and Economics of Incomplete Contracts
The Structure of Social Capital
How Community Institutions Create Economic Advantage
Order in the Bazaar
Contracting for Terroir in Sake
Are middlemen facilitators or barriers to improve smallholders' welfare in rural economies? Empirical evidence from Ethiopia
Enforcing Virtue
From Identity to Agency in Positive and Normative Economics
Public goods and the evolution of altruism The case of law
The politics of incontournables
The curious commentary on the citation practices of Avner Greif
Bringing the immigrant back into the sociology of taste
Social Networks and Port Traffic in Early Modern Overseas Trade
The law & economics of private prosecutions in industrial revolution England
Public choice and the economic analysis of anarchy
The curious citation practices of Avner Greif
The political economy of swarming in honeybees
Anarchy, self-governance, and legal titling
The scope of political jurisdictions and violence
Advantages of Groups in Market Transactions
Race, Inequality, and Anti-Chinese Violence in the Netherlands Indies
Cascades of Ethnic Polarization
Establishing Transatlantic Trade Networks in Time of War
Small Property, Big Market
Was privateering plunder efficient
The enigma of the kula ring
Defying Mercantilism
Religious minority in business history
Risk, kinship and personal relationships in late eighteenth-century West Indian trade
Does Law Matter for Economic Development? Evidence From East Asia
Why the West Became Wild
Networks and Interethnic Cooperation
Who Owns the State? Understanding Ethnic Conflict in Post‐Colonial Societies
Legal Institutions and Informal Networks
Institutional selection in international relations
Colonial Migration and the Origins of Governance
Culture, Diversité Culturelle Et Développement Économique
The Contractual Role of Boundaries
Ethnic voting patterns
The Limits to Law
Networks, Institutions, and Uncertainty
Brokers of crisis
Governance and Prison Gangs
Hostile Territory
Cooperation and Conflict
The Social Provision of Punishment and Incarceration
Causality Between Cultural Diversity and Economic Growth in India
Homo Economicus and Homo Politicus
Social Networks and Macrosocial Change
Counterbalances to Economic Homophily
The Making and Unmaking of Ethnic Boundaries
Playing with Fire, Competing with Spirit
Trust
| Unique citing works | 70 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,63 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2024 (42) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 70 |