new countries having joined in 2004 and 2007 that results from a convergence of the new members' institutions towards the … and dynamic panel data techniques and incorporate detailed variables measuring institutional quality. We conclude that …

new countries having joined in 2004 and 2007 that results from a convergence of the new members' institutions towards the … and dynamic panel data techniques and incorporate detailed variables measuring institutional quality. We conclude that …

In this paper, we study development in a panel of 87 countries from 1970 to 2005. We focus on characterizing … as measured by GDP to that measured by the Human Development Index (HDI). We do so within a novel dynamic panel modelling …' persistent characteristics, such as their institutions. Among our findings are that macroeconomic policies affect development …

transfers. Using panel data techniques we investigate whether the debt-to-GDP ratio had a positive influence on the primary …

developing countries by employing a dynamic panel methodology, which enables us to deal with the persistency of FDI flows and … endogeneity issues. We also contribute to the literature by using various measures of institutions to identify which aspects of …

institutional quality from developed to developing countries. First, a PTA may affect institutions because it can serve as a network … for political exchange and second, the regulations and commitments stipulated in it may affect local institutions in the … South. I empirically investigate if there are positive effects of being a member in a PTA on the quality of institutions in …

Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty … eradication effect of institutions is through income-average as opposed to income-inequality. We discuss the confirmed findings in …

'). The more generalized trust is, it is expected that there will be more cooperation. Furthermore strong institutions that … role of institutions; since it is difficult to evaluate the effective contribution of formal institutions to economic … performance. The simple existence of institutions, understood as formal 'rules of the game', does not guarantee that they are …