estimation techniques. The main finding is that during the transition the importance of openness on growth per capita has … robust to (i) estimation methods , (ii) different measures of openness adopted and (iii)consistent with the integration view …

grounds then we conclude that, for a precise estimation of the adverse impact of inflation on total factor productivity growth …

This paper proposes a “before-and-after” approach to empirical examination of the relationship between democracy and … evidence indicates that an improvement in growth performance typically follows the transformation to democracy. Moreover …, growth under democracy appears to be more stable than under authoritarian regimes. Interestingly, wealthy countries often …

This paper proposes a “before-and-after” approach to empirical examination of the relationship between democracy and … evidence indicates that an improvement in growth performance typically follows the transformation to democracy. Moreover …, growth under democracy appears to be more stable than under authoritarian regimes. Interestingly, wealthy countries often …