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The growth effects of institutional instability
Berggren, Niclas; Bergh, Andreas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2009
Both institutional quality and institutional stability have been argued to stimulate economic growth. But to improve institutional quality, a country must endure a period of institutional change, which implies at least a little and possibly a lot of institutional instability. We investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208542
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Past Dominations, Current Institutions and the Italian Regional Economic Performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Sideri, Marco - 2015
We study the connection between economic performance and the quality of government institutions for the sample of 103 … unified Italian State. Our results suggest that past historical institutions play a significant role on the current public … confirms that the quality of institutions matters for development, and that history can be used to find suitable instruments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481673
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Economic Freedom and Economic Crisis
Bjørnskov, Christian - 2015
In this paper, I explore the politically contested association between the degree of capitalism, captured by measures of economic freedom, and the risk and characteristics of economic crisis. After offering some brief theoretical considerations, I estimate the effects of economic freedom on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010504512
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Trust, Growth and Well-being: New Evidence and Policy Implications
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - 2013
This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust … market and the product market. The last part reviews recent progress to identify how institutions and policies can affect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319479
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Growth of African economies: Productivity, policy syndromes, and the importance of institutions
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2013
) the role of institutions in mediating this impact, with special attention accorded the efficacy of the restraint on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319796
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Protection of Property Rights and Growth as Political Equilibria
Asoni, Andrea - 2008
This paper presents a survey of the literature on property rights and economic growth. It discusses different theoretical mechanisms that relate property rights to economic development. Lack of protection of property rights can result in slow economic growth through different channels:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320102
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Does institutional quality foster economic complexity? The fundamental drivers of productive capabilities
Vu, Trung V. - 2021
It is well established in the long-term development literature that deeply rooted institutions are the fundamental … to which the quality of institutions helps shape international differences in economic complexity – a novel measure of … development. The central hypothesis is that institutions are linked to higher degrees of economic complexity via strengthening …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012515749
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Past dominations, current institutions and the Italian regional economic performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Sideri, Marco - 2015
We study the connection between economic performance and the quality of government institutions for the sample of 103 … unified Italian State. Our results suggest that past historical institutions play a significant role on the current public … confirms that the quality of institutions matters for development, and that history can be used to find suitable instruments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469675
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Institutions and poverty : a critical comment based on evolving currents and debates
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409163
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Do weak institutions prolong crises? : on the identification, characteristics, and duration of declines during economic slumps
Bluhm, Richard; Crombrugghe, Denis de; Szirmai, Adam - 2014
institutions precede crises and, interestingly, positive reforms occur thereafter. Strong institutions shorten the duration of … interaction effect suggests they can be offset by appropriate institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234524