The indirect effect of democracy on economic growth in the MENA region (1990-2015)
Shereen Nosier and Aya El-Karamani
This paper examines the indirect effect of democracy on economic growth using a dataset of 17 MENA countries from 1990 to 2015. Democracy is assumed to affect growth through a series of channels: education, health, physical capital accumulation per labor, government consumption, and trade openness. A system of six simultaneous equations using 3SLS, is used to estimate the effect of democracy on growth through these channels. For further analysis, the countries are classified into groups according to the democratic status on the one side, and the level of income on the other. The results indicate that democracy enhances growth through its positive effect on health in all classifications of countries within the MENA region. However, the effect of democracy on growth through education and physical capital/labor is non-monotonic. Democracy hinders growth through government size and trade openness. Once all of these indirect effects are accounted for, the overall effect of democracy on growth is negative in less democratic countries and poor countries, but positive in more democratic countries and rich countries.
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December 2018
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Authors: | Nosier, Shereen ; El-Karamani, Aya |
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Economies : open access journal. - Basel : MDPI, ISSN 2227-7099, ZDB-ID 2704214-5. - Vol. 6.2018, 4/61, p. 1-24
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Subject: | economic growth | democracy | MENA | simultaneous equations | Wirtschaftswachstum | Economic growth | MENA-Staaten | MENA countries | Demokratie | Democracy | Demokratisierung | Democratization |
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Type of publication: | Article |
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Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.3390/economies6040061 [DOI] hdl:10419/197113 [Handle] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956433
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