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Institutional Complementarity, Economic Performance, and Governance in the Post-Communist World
Markus, Stanislav; Mendelski, Martin - 2018
Our article presents an index of institutional complementarity for 27 postcommunist economies, and evaluates a key claim of the Varieties of Capitalism paradigm. The empirical novelty of the index lies in its integration of informal institutions as well as its combination of macro-level and...
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The Divergent Post-Communist Paths to Democracy
Djankov, Simeon - 2016
We show that the economic transition has been more successful than the political transformation in the quarter century since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The adoption of strong parliamentarian systems has negated the deleterious effects of religious and imperial history on economic evolution. As...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987853
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Reform, FDI and Economic Growth : Tale of the Tortoise and the Hare
Merlevede, Bruno; Schoors, Koen J. L. - 2005
Our main interest is the impact of the choice of the speed of economic reform on economic growth. We estimate a system of 3 equations where economic growth, economic reform and FDI are jointly determined. We find that new reforms affect economic growth negatively but attract FDI, whereas the...
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Governance, Demokratie und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in den ehemals sozialistischen Staaten
Apolte, Thomas; Peters, Heiko - 2009
Nach dem Zusammenbruch der sozialistischen Systeme vollzogen die betroffenen Ländern Mittel- und Osteuropas in unterschiedlichem Tempo und sequencing den Weg zu Demokratie und einer marktwirtschaftlichen Wirtschaftsordnung. Die polit-ökonomischen Probleme bei der Durchsetzung der umfassenden...
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Determinants of economic growth in BRIC countries
Goel, Rajjev K.; Korhonen, Iikka - 2011
We study economic growth in four emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC). Questions addressed are: (a) How do medium term growth determinants differ from short term determinants? (b) What are differences between growth effects of aggregate versus disaggregated exports? And...
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The Impact of Lustration on Democratization in Post-Communist Countries
Horne, Cynthia - 2014
policies have affected democratization. First, this paper demonstrates a robust democracy boost from lustration policies. In … democratization than programs relying on symbolic, moral cleansing changes alone. Second, the magnitude of the effect is substantial … enhances overall levels of democratization …
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How important are institutions for growth in transition countries?
Moers, Luc - 1999
Growth empirics with institutional measures is performed for 25 transition countries overthe period 1990-95. Estimation results suggest that (particularly state) institutions aresignificant for growth and, especially, foreign direct investment (FDI), the latter in turnbeing important for the...
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Corruption and Development - Why Does Corruption Still Affect Growth?
Delabarre, Maxime - 2021
This paper investigates the relationship between corruption and development. By a study of the determinants of the … phenomenon as well as its implications on growth, this paper address the corruption challenge faced by governments and … not entirely clear, it is however without debate to say that development is necessarily linked with anti-corruption …
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Does democracy promote the rule of law?
Assiotis, Andreas; Sylwestern, Kevin - In: Journal of economic development 40 (2015) 1, pp. 63-92
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Rule of law, economic growth and shadow economy in transition countries
Thi Thuy Huong Luong; Tho Minh Nguyen; Thi Anh Nhu Nguyen - In: Journal of Asian finance, economics and business : JAFEB 7 (2020) 4, pp. 145-154
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