Revisiting the efficiency and institutions debate: The interaction of legal origins and ethnic heterogeneity

We analyse the interaction between legal origins and ethnic heterogeneity and their combined impact on national efficiency. We hypothesise that in the presence of high ethnic heterogeneity common-law system performs worse than civil-law one in terms of economic efficiency. Our empirical tests on the sample of African countries support our hypothesis.

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Year of publication:	2018
Authors:	Bournakis, Ioannis ; Christopoulos, Dimitris ; Rizov, Marian
Publisher:	Lincoln : University of Lincoln, Lincoln International Business School, Lincoln Economics and Finance Research Group (LEAF)
Subject:	national efficiency \| institutions \| legal origins \| ethnic heterogeneity

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Series:	LEAF Working Paper ; 1118(1)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/191313 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:esprep:191313 [RePEc]
Classification:	k15 ; K40 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior. General ; O10 - Economic Development. General ; O43 - Institutions and Growth ; O47 - Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity
Source:	EconStor

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