The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the degree of importance of governance, which has in recent years been emphasized in the field of development economics as a factor contributing to economic development, in Japan's postwar reconstruction during the period 1945 to 1955. In addition, in...

Varieties of institutional factors have been tested to determine their effect on economic growth. These factors include the quality of bureaucracy, corruption in government, rule of law, expropriation risk, and repudiation of contract by government. This survey presents the results of some...