The paper unpacks the “black box” of informal institutions and theorize about the role of informal networks in channeling continuity and change in informal institutions. Specifically, we argue that when informal institutions are enacted by informal networks that are “relatively affective” and “relatively closed,” their persistence is higher than the persistence of informal institutions that are enacted by “relatively open” and “relatively instrumental” networks.

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解释非正规机构的持久性：非正规网络的作用

这篇论文揭开了非正式机构的“黑匣子”，并就非正式网络在引导非正式机构的连续性和变化方面的作用进行了理论化。具体而言，我们认为，当非正式制度由“相对有效”和“相对封闭”的非正式网络制定时，它们的持久性高于由“相对开放”和“相对工具性”网络制定的非正式制度的持久性。