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We exploit a quasi-natural experiment to identify the effect of regulatory accumulation on economic growth. Following a decade of poor economic growth, the Canadian province of British Columbia implemented a regulatory budget in 2001. We use a difference-in-differences strategy to estimate the...
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institutional framework. We analyze the interaction between aggregate efficiency, corruption, and other dimensions of governance for … of governance, we observe that corruption is consistently detrimental in countries where institutions are effective, but …This paper tests whether corruption may act as an efficient grease for the wheels of an otherwise deficient …
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relevant threshold levels required for the various governance dynamics to cause Chinese FDI to equalise incomes in Africa. Our … propelling Chinese FDI towards the equalisation of incomes across the continent, governance mechanisms for ensuring political … stability, low corruption, and voice and accountability are keys. Finally, critical masses required for these three key …
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FDI and various governance indicators (rule of law, control of corruption, regulatory quality, governance effectiveness … various governance dynamics on inclusive growth in SSA. We do this by testing two hypotheses first, whether unconditionally …, political stability, and voice and accountability) foster inclusive growth in SSA; and second, whether these governance dynamics …
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While there's an outsized consensus within the empirical literature on the negative impact of corruption on the … economic process, some studies still argue that corruption could also be economically justified. There is, however, little … empirical evidence to validate the impact of corruption on economic growth within the devolved units. The effect of the …
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Social instability is a concept that economists rarely analyse, and yet it can lurk behind much economic policy-making.  China’s leadership has often publicly expressed its concerns to avoid ‘social instability’.  It is viewed as a threat both to the political order and to...
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The Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) is Afghanistan’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). Implementation of the ANDS is highly dependent on donor assistance. The main general objectives of the ANDS are to improve the quality of life of Afghan people and to reduce...
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Corruption is widely believed to negatively affect economic growth. However, many East and Southeast Asia countries … either achieved or currently are achieving impressively rapid economic growth despite widespread corruption - the 'East Asian … of political institutions in mediating the corruption-growth relationship using panel data over one hundred countries for …
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The decrease in the rule of law and in control of corruption in several EU countries is a threat to the cohesion in the … possibility of individuals to appeal to European courts to counter negative developments in governance in EU Member States. …
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competitiveness, labour market and education and institutional governance. When comparing EU CC/PCC among themselves, large intra … the quality of their institutions and economic governance over the past decade, it is crucial that they preserve the …
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