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Did the Arab Spring reduce MENA countries' growth?

Araissi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali; Haimoun, Nathir - 2019

This paper examines the economic ramifications of the recent political reconfigurations that the MENA region witnessed, commonly known as the Arab Spring, utilizing MENA countries data during period 2005-2016. Using the Arellano-Bond dynamic panel estimation, the paper estimates a growth model...

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Sequencing of economic reforms in the presence of political constraints

Martinelli, César - In: Economics & politics 9 (1997) 2, pp. 115-131

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The different extent of privatisation proceeds in EU countries : a preliminary explanation using a public choice approach

Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2005

larger reform package of economic liberalisation in formerly overregulated economies, (b) as a reaction to an increasing …

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On the reversibility of structural reforms

Campos, Nauro; Horváth, Roman - 2012

wages and prices. -- reform reversals ; price liberalization ; trade liberalization ; privatization ; political economy … reversals in different reforms are driven by different factors. This paper uses new reform indicators and presents novel … evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the likelihood of privatization reversals, (b) worsened terms of trade increase …

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Helping hand or grabbing hand? : state bureaucracy and privatization effectiveness

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - 2009

and less corruption when bureaucracies are large. -- Privatization ; bureaucracy ; economic reform ; Russia … reform failures the consequence of leviathan states that hinder private economic activity, or of weak states unable to … privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and …

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Privatisation in developing countries : what are the lessons of recent experience?

Estrin, Saul; Pelletier, Adeline - 2016

This paper reviews recent empirical evidence on privatisation in developing countries. Particular emphasis is placed on new areas of research such as the distributional impacts of privatisation. Overall, the literature now reflects a more cautious and nuanced evaluation of privatisation. Thus it...

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