1.
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 12-22
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 21 Aug 2012
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Government and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 12-22
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 21 Aug 2012
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4,869
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9113
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 28 Sep 2012
Downloads
6
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4,869
2.
Local Governments in Nigeria: Relevance and Effectiveness in Poverty Reduction and Economic Development
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 25 Apr 2012
Working Paper Series
African Institute for Applied Economics and African Institute for Applied Economics (AIAE)
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2,081
3.
Morality, Social Norms and the Rule of Law as Transaction Cost-Saving Devices: The Case of Ancient Athens
European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2012, pp. 621-643
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 19 Jul 2007
Last Revised: 15 Jul 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Piraeus and University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
Downloads
1,752
4.
Government Size and Growth: A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence
IFN Working Paper No. 858
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 23 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 13 Apr 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Government Size and Growth: A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence
IFN Working Paper No. 858
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 23 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 13 Apr 2019
Downloads
1,729
Government Size and Growth: A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence
Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 25, Issue 5, pp. 872-897, 2011
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 18 Oct 2011
Downloads
1
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1,729
5.
Political Instability: Its Effects on Financial Development, Its Roots in the Severity of Economic Inequality
Journal of Comparative Economics 39 (2011) 279-309
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 06 Apr 2007
Last Revised: 11 Jul 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and University of Michigan
Downloads
1,613
6.
Long Live Keju! The Persistent Effects of China's Imperial Examination System
Number of pages: 71
Posted: 13 Jun 2016
Last Revised: 01 Nov 2018
Working Paper Series
Hong Kong Baptist University - Department of Economics, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and The University of Hong Kong
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1,529
7.
The Real Impact of FinTech: Evidence from Mobile Payment Technology
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 13 Apr 2020
Last Revised: 26 Dec 2020
Working Paper Series
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS), Department of Economics and National University of Singapore - Business School
Downloads
1,277
8.
Bank-Based Financial Intermediation for Financial Inclusion and Inclusive Growth
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 08 Aug 2012
Working Paper Series
IBS-Hyderabad
Downloads
1,211
9.
Getting Malaysia Out of the Middle-Income Trap
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 11 Jan 2010
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2010
Working Paper Series
University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
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1,201
10.
Economic Charter Change: Examining the Pros and Cons
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 27 Apr 2015
Working Paper Series
Ateneo De Manila University - Ateneo School of Government and Asian Institute of Management - Policy Center
Downloads
1,162
11.
Risk, Institutions and Growth: Why England and Not China?
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5598
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 04 Apr 2011
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
There are 2 versions of this paper
Risk, Institutions and Growth: Why England and Not China?
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5598
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 04 Apr 2011
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1,144
Social Institutions and Economic Growth: Why England and Not China Became the First Modern Economy
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 17 Mar 2011
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2012
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928
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1,144
12.
The Political Economy of Special Economic Zones
Forthcoming in The Journal of Institutional Economics
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 26 Jul 2013
Last Revised: 02 Jul 2014
Accepted Paper Series
William Blair
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1,067
13.
The Five-Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China and Japan
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 23 Jul 2011
Last Revised: 26 Mar 2012
Working Paper Series
Stanford University
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Five-Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China and Japan
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 23 Jul 2011
Last Revised: 26 Mar 2012
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1,066
The Five-Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China and Japan
ADBI Working Paper No. 340
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 06 Jan 2012
Last Revised: 17 Apr 2012
Downloads
662
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1,066
14.
German Economic Models, Transnationalization and European Imbalances
ZenTra Working Paper in Transnational Studies No. 28 / 2014
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 13 Jan 2014
Working Paper Series
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg and ZenTra - Center for Transnational Studies
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1,046
15.
Corruption
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 12-08, HKS Working Paper No. 12-023
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 19 Jun 2012
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Corruption
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 12-08, HKS Working Paper No. 12-023
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 19 Jun 2012
Downloads
1,036
Corruption
NBER Working Paper No. w17968
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 06 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 05 Feb 2021
Downloads
73
Downloads
1,036
16.
Bubbles Everywhere in Human Affairs
Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 10-16
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 19 May 2010
Working Paper Series
ETH Zurich and ETH Zürich - Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC)
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944
17.
Social Institutions and Economic Growth: Why England and Not China Became the First Modern Economy
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 17 Mar 2011
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2012
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
There are 2 versions of this paper
Risk, Institutions and Growth: Why England and Not China?
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5598
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 04 Apr 2011
Downloads
1,144
Social Institutions and Economic Growth: Why England and Not China Became the First Modern Economy
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 17 Mar 2011
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2012
Downloads
928
Downloads
928
18.
Theory of Social Transformation, Political Transition and Economic Growth
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 20 Dec 2007
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Colorado at Boulder
There are 2 versions of this paper
Theory of Social Transformation, Political Transition and Economic Growth
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 20 Dec 2007
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2009
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885
Theory of Social Transformation, Political Transition and Economic Growth
Economic Systems, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2012
Posted: 23 Nov 2012
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885
19.
How (Not) to Measure Institutions
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 02 Feb 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
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873
20.
The Economic Impact of the Black Death
GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 20-45
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 27 Oct 2020
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2020
Working Paper Series
George Washington University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Economic Impact of the Black Death
GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 20-45
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 27 Oct 2020
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2020
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824
The Economic Impact of the Black Death
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15132
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 18 Aug 2020
Last Revised: 07 Sep 2020
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824
21.
Centralized and Decentralized Responses to COVID-19 in Federal Systems: US and EU Comparisons
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 24 Apr 2020
Working Paper Series
Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Law, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Law, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, University of Ljubljana School of Economics and Business and Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Law, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics
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815
22.
Expropriation Risk and Firm Growth: A Corporate Transparency Channel
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 11 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 10 May 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business and Sciences Po
There are 3 versions of this paper
Expropriation Risk and Firm Growth: A Corporate Transparency Channel
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 11 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 10 May 2011
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806
Expropriation Risk and Firm Growth: A Corporate Transparency Channel
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 29 Dec 2008
Last Revised: 11 May 2011
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261
The Resource Curse: A Corporate Transparency Channel
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6547
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 06 Jun 2008
Downloads
2
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806
23.
The Scale of Entrepreneurship in Middle Eastern History: Inhibitive Roles of Islamic Institutions
Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 10
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 11 Sep 2008
Last Revised: 30 Sep 2009
Working Paper Series
Duke University - Department of Economics
Downloads
798
24.
Fortifications and Democracy in the Ancient Greek World
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 24 Oct 2017
Last Revised: 30 Mar 2018
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Department of Classics and Stanford University, Department of Political Science
Downloads
792
25.
The Impact of Institutions on Innovation
Number of pages: 106
Posted: 31 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 12 Feb 2021
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Department of Economics, University of Texas at Dallas and NOVA School of Business and Economics
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792
26.
How Does Financial-Reporting Regulation Affect Industry-wide Resource Allocation?
Number of pages: 99
Posted: 05 Nov 2017
Last Revised: 20 Dec 2020
Working Paper Series
Columbia University
There are 2 versions of this paper
How Does Financial-Reporting Regulation Affect Industry-wide Resource Allocation?
Number of pages: 99
Posted: 05 Nov 2017
Last Revised: 20 Dec 2020
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788
How Does Financial-Reporting Regulation Affect Market-Wide Resource Allocation?
Number of pages: 123
Posted: 06 Dec 2017
Downloads
160
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788
27.
Venture Capital and the Macroeconomy
Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper
Number of pages: 80
Posted: 13 Jan 2014
Last Revised: 12 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Rochester - Simon Business School
Downloads
776
28.
The Middle-Income Trap: Issues for Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ADBI Working Paper 421
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 17 May 2013
Working Paper Series
Waseda University
Downloads
766
29.
A Theory of Income Smoothing When Insiders Know More than Outsiders
Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 16 Nov 2011
Last Revised: 24 Mar 2015
Accepted Paper Series
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
There are 4 versions of this paper
A Theory of Income Smoothing When Insiders Know More than Outsiders
Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 16 Nov 2011
Last Revised: 24 Mar 2015
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757
A Theory of Income Smoothing When Insiders Know More than Outsiders
NYU Working Paper No. 2451/31367
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 15 Dec 2011
Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014
Downloads
235
A Theory of Income Smoothing When Insiders Know More than Outsiders
NBER Working Paper No. w17696
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 25 Dec 2011
Downloads
25
A Theory of Income Smoothing When Insiders Know More than Outsiders
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8729
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 20 Jan 2012
Downloads
2
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757
30.
Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Regional Economic Growth
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 26 Aug 2008
Last Revised: 06 Jul 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Navarra, IESE Business School and Yale School of Management
Downloads
697
31.
How to Measure Informal Institutions
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 17 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
Downloads
688
32.
The Five-Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China and Japan
ADBI Working Paper No. 340
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 06 Jan 2012
Last Revised: 17 Apr 2012
Working Paper Series
Stanford University
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Five-Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China and Japan
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 23 Jul 2011
Last Revised: 26 Mar 2012
Downloads
1,066
The Five-Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China and Japan
ADBI Working Paper No. 340
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 06 Jan 2012
Last Revised: 17 Apr 2012
Downloads
662
Downloads
662
33.
Female Parliamentarians and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Large Panel
Development Policy Centre Discussion Paper No. 18
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 26 May 2012
Last Revised: 19 Jul 2012
Working Paper Series
Australian National University (ANU) - Development Policy Centre and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
There are 2 versions of this paper
Female Parliamentarians and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Large Panel
Development Policy Centre Discussion Paper No. 18
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 26 May 2012
Last Revised: 19 Jul 2012
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654
Female Parliamentarians and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Large Panel
Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 20, No. 3
Posted: 28 Jun 2012
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654
34.
The Role of Financial Markets and Innovation in Productivity and Growth in Europe
ECB Occasional Paper No. 72
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 26 Sep 2007
Working Paper Series
European Central Bank (ECB), European Central Bank (ECB), London Business School and European Central Bank (ECB)
Downloads
652
35.
Corruption and Firms
Number of pages: 85
Posted: 14 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 28 Dec 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Universidad del Rosario
Downloads
643
36.
Reporting Regulation and Corporate Innovation
LawFin Working Paper No. 8
Number of pages: 91
Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2020
Working Paper Series
Columbia University, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - RSM Erasmus University
There are 2 versions of this paper
Reporting Regulation and Corporate Innovation
LawFin Working Paper No. 8
Number of pages: 91
Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2020
Downloads
630
Mandated Financial Reporting and Corporate Innovation
NBER Working Paper No. w26291
Number of pages: 88
Posted: 23 Sep 2019
Downloads
14
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630
37.
Is Corruption an Efficient Grease?
BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 20/2008
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 20 Nov 2008
Working Paper Series
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and University of Strasbourg - LaRGE Research Center (Laboratoire de Recherche en Gestion et Economie)
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626
38.
New General Theory of Economic Development: Innovative Growth and Distribution
Review of Economic Development, Vol. 24, No. 2 (April 2020).
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 13 May 2019
Last Revised: 07 Oct 2020
Accepted Paper Series
The Law and Development Institute
Downloads
620
39.
The Long-Term Effects of Protestant Activities in China
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 30 Jan 2014
Working Paper Series
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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586
40.
How to Measure the Rule of Law
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 16 Jun 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
How to Measure the Rule of Law
Kyklos, Vol. 65, Issue 2, pp. 262-284, 2012
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 21 Apr 2012
Downloads
2
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573
41.
Microfinancing for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development: A Case for Nigeria
International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 72, pp. 159-168, 2011
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 13 Sep 2011
Last Revised: 23 Oct 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Eastern Mediterranean University
Downloads
570
42.
Structural Policies and Economic Resilience to Shocks
OECD Working Paper No. 567
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 24 Jul 2007
Working Paper Series
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Policy Studies Branch and European Union - European Commission
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570
43.
Long Term Persistence
Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 08-11
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 28 Aug 2008
Working Paper Series
Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management - Department of Finance and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 3 versions of this paper
Downloads
569
Long Term Persistence
NBER Working Paper No. w14278
Number of pages: 76
Posted: 01 Sep 2008
Last Revised: 08 Jul 2010
Downloads
50
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5
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569
44.
When is Corruption a Substitute for Economic Freedom?
Law and Development Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 13 May 2008
Last Revised: 04 Apr 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Brock School of Business, Samford University and College of Wooster
Downloads
563
45.
The Rule of Law and Constitutionalism in Muslim Countries
Public Choice, Vol. 162, No. 3-4, 2015
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 10 May 2014
Last Revised: 03 Nov 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Hamburg - Institute of Law and Economics and University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
Downloads
560
46.
Taking Institutions Seriously: Rethinking the Political Economy of Development in the Philippines
Asian Development Review, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1-21, 2011
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 23 Jun 2011
Accepted Paper Series
George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads
542
47.
Long-Term Growth Prospects for the Russian Economy
ECB Occasional Paper No. 58
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 11 Apr 2007
Working Paper Series
European Central Bank (ECB), Kiel Institute for the World Economy and European Central Bank
Downloads
536
48.
The Rise, Fall and Revival of the Swedish Welfare State: What are the Policy Lessons from Sweden?
IFN Working Paper No. 873
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 14 Jul 2011
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2012
Working Paper Series
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
Downloads
532
49.
Natural Disasters, Foreign Aid, and Economic Growth
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 24 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 19 Feb 2014
Working Paper Series
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Downloads
507
50.
Legal Institutions and Economic Development
CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2010-94
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 01 Sep 2010
Working Paper Series
City University London - Sir John Cass Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Legal Institutions and Economic Development
CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2010-94
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 01 Sep 2010
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500
Legal Institutions and Economic Development
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8139
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 06 Dec 2010
Downloads
7
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500
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