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Institutional interactions and economic growth: The joint effects of property rights, veto players and democratic capital
Justesen, Mogens K.; Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We investigate the possible interaction effects that the extent of property rights protection and separation of powers in a political system have on economic growth. Using analysis of panel data from more than countries over the period 1970-2010 we find that the growth effects of property rights...
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Corruption and economic growth: A meta-analysis of the evidence on low-income countries and beyond
Ugur, Mehmet; Dasgupta, Nandini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Corruption is a symptom and outcome of institutional deficiency, with potentially adverse effects on economic growth. This paper aims to provide a synthesis of the existing evidence on the relationship between corruption and economic growth - controlling for effect type, data sources, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372561
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Terms of Trade Instability, Economic Vulnerability and Economic Growth: The Role Of Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Zaouali, Amira - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Economists have a long argue that institutions and implementation of good governance are important for economic growth. The main objective of this research is to demonstrate that one of positive institutions effects is its ability to mitigate the negative effect of economic vulnerability linked...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112521
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De Jure and De Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. We apply a variety of estimation techniques to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168626
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Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability. In order to examine this question, we use a simple postcard voting experiment designed to capture the population’s desire for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466010
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Do Democracies Grow Faster? Revisiting the Institutions and Economic Performance Debate
Lim, Jamus Jerome; Decker, Jessica Henson - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The recent empirical growth literature has proposed three underlying fundamental determinants of economic growth, namely, physical geography, economic integration, and institutional quality. This paper unpacks the final determinant into both political-economic institutions as well as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836612
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Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth for Chinese Provinces: A Panel Data Analysis
Shiu, Alice; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We present in this paper the panel econometrics estimation approach of measuring the technical change and total factor … variances has been used for the estimation of the translog production functions. Two alternative formulations of technical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233841
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生产要素、FDI、环境污染与中国经济增长源泉——基于BM生产率指数的分解
Tang, Liwei; Hu, Zongyi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In this paper,we divide fixed capital stock into domestic fixed capital stock and foreign fixed capital stock (FDI stock), then by consideration of the environmental deletion, we make use of the BM productivity index to decompose the source of economic growth from 1998 to 2011. The findings show...
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Are All Democracies Equally Good? The Role of Interactions between Political Environment and Inequality for Rule of Law
Sunde, Uwe; Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant negative interaction effect between democracy and … inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703417
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Income, Democracy, and Critical Junctures
Cervellati, Matteo; Jung, Florian; Sunde, Uwe; Vischer, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
democracy might differ systematically across countries. A replication of the estimation in a less restrictive empirical … democracy disappears once including country fixed effects. This paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of income on … framework provides evidence for significant but heterogeneous effects of income on democracy for former colonies and non …
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