Introduction / Latika Chaudhary, Bishnupriya Gupta, Tirthankar Roy and Anand Swamy -- Indian economic performance and living standards : 1600-2000 / Stephen Broadberry and Bishnupriya Gupta -- The colonial transition and the decline of the East India Company, c.1746-1784 / Santhi Hejeebu -- The...

"Adaptable property-rights institutions, we argue, foster economic development. The British example illustrates this point. Around 1700, Parliament established a forum where rights to land and resources could be reorganized. This venue enabled landholders and communities to take advantage of...

"During Britain's industrialization, Parliament operated a forum where rights to land and resources could be reorganized. This venue enabled landholders and communities to exploit economic opportunities that could not be accommodated by the inflexible rights regime inherited from the past. In...