The ratings of economic and political institutions are well-known and widely used in the Social Science literature ….e., for a cross-section analysis). In this paper we propose two new indicators of institutional quality for 154 countries …. These indicators are constructed in a way that minimizes the subjectivity of the evaluations. Only the presence or absence …

Democracy's indicators and Economic Growth. Protection of the Private property rights requires, first and foremost, due … the free speech; religious freedom and other "political rights" should be respected. Democracy, as political competition …

Ratings evaluating the quality of institutions are widely known; they are generally used in academic and research … group of variables of our own, using evaluations of “political” institutions only to ascertain the presence or absence of a … Rule of Law Democracy and Limited Government (both are quite clearly defined in a formal manner) provides a long …

Democracy's indicators and Economic Growth. Protection of the Private property rights requires, first and foremost, due … the free speech; religious freedom and other "political rights" should be respected. Democracy, as political competition …

” institutions only to ascertain the presence or absence of a certain phenomenon (yes/no). Such a set of variables makes a cross …-section analysis feasible. The countries' experience in Rule of Law Democracy and Limited Government (both are quite clearly defined in … propose a thoroughly simple rating based on combining the proposed variables with indices and indicators which have already …

The ratings of economic and political institutions are well-known and widely used in the Social Science literature ….e., for a cross-section analysis). In this paper we propose two new indicators of institutional quality for 154 countries …. These indicators are constructed in a way that minimizes the subjectivity of the evaluations. Only the presence or absence …

Democracy's indicators and Economic Growth. Protection of the Private property rights requires, first and foremost, due … the free speech; religious freedom and other "political rights" should be respected. Democracy, as political competition …

political institutions (Democracy) and economic institutions (Rule of Law). One of the main findings of this paper is that the …, which is in keeping with previous results. These results provide further support for the hypothesis that institutions …