I am very interested in the nature and effect of institutions, institutional reform, and the emerging theory of cognitive institutionalism which Douglas North tried to shape in his later years. There is some consensus among scholars of new institutionalism, and institutional reform experts, that new formal-legal institutions require time to have effect on public behavior. But there seems to be little knowledge on how long new formal-legal institutions generally require to have effect on public behavior. I think that such knowledge is urgently required to inform the designs and expectations of institutional reformers in developing countries. Perhaps, the work of some neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists out there may be of help in providing some answers to my question.

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