THE ROLE OF LAW IN ECONOMIC GROWTH: A LITERATURE REVIEW
这篇文献综述梳理了法律起源（尤其是普通法与大陆法）对经济增长影响的跨国计量研究，指出相关争议并呼吁更多比较法分析，适合关注制度与增长关系的学者快速判断是否深入阅读。
Abstract Compared with other explanatory variables, such as capital accumulation, technological innovations, geographical endowments, economic openness, and cultural factors, institutions, especially legal institutions have been regarded as a crucial condition for economic growth in recent years. The importance of legal rules is systematically revealed by a series of cross‐country econometric studies conducted by La Porta et al. , who claim that legal origins are central to understanding the divergence in living standards across the regions and countries of the world and, compared with civil law countries, especially those countries with French civil law tradition, common law countries have enjoyed superior economic outcomes. The controversies set off by La Porta et al .'s proposition indicate that there are a number of questions that are difficult to explain by La Porta et al .'s theory, and hence call for more work on comparative analysis of different legal families before a consensus can be reached.