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 …

Conventional wisdom suggests that lobbying is the preferred mean for exerting political influence in rich countries and … theoretical framework that focus on the relationship between lobbying and corruption (that is, it investigates under what … conditions they are complements or substitutes). The paper also offers novel econometric evidence on lobbying, corruption and …

Although the theoretical literature often uses lobbying and corruption synonymously, the empirical literature … associates lobbying with the preferred mean for exerting influence in developed countries and corruption with the preferred one … between bribing and lobbying. We test our predictions using survey data for about 6000 firms in 26 countries. Our results …

are unsure about whether a proposed reform will work, it will be less likely to be adopted. Despite the numerous benefits … effects of reform on growth) and show that approximately one third of these coefficients is positive and significant, another … understand this remarkable variation, we find that the measurement of reform and controlling for institutions and initial …

How does the relationship between earnings and schooling change with the introduction of comprehensive economic reform … the European Union). Moreover, our results identify winners and losers from reform. Winners were the college and … reform losers were those in construction and agriculture, those who attained only primary or vocational education (who …