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Problem Structure Characteristics of “pre-institutional" setting” Question 1 - Conflict/Harmony/Cooperation? Question 2 - Actors: Who is involved? Question 3 - Capacities/Power: Question 4 - Incentives/Preferences: Question 5 - Information/Knowledge: Question 6 - Norms/Values Question 7 - Inherent transparency Question 8 - Response incentives

Institutional Formation and Design Did institution form and when? Institutional type Membership Primary rule system Information system Response system

Institutional Effectiveness How do you evaluate effectiveness? Counterfactuals Goal acheivement Where to look? How to look? Is there a difference? Is difference due to treaty? Is difference impressive? Is variation due to problem structure? Is variation due to institutional design?

Using this stuff in real life Clarify what you think is “wrong” with the world Identify what problem structure you are working with and recognize those constraints Think about what institutions can be created within those constraints Build institutions best suited to the problem and that have proved effective Think about counterfactual effectiveness “If you don’t like the news, go out and make some of your own” Scoop Nitzger