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From institutions to financial development and growth : what are the links?
Fernández, Andrés; Tamayo, César E. - 2015
This paper presents an integrated overview of the literature linking institutions, financial development and economic growth. From the large body of research on institutional development, the paper first selects those contributions that make it possible to study the role of institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011290078
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Property rights and economic freedom: an econometric analysis
Van, Germinal G. - 2020
The purpose of this paper is to establish a positive correlation between property rights and economic freedom. It seeks to demonstrate that property rights lead to economic freedom. From a purely theoretical perspective, it has been assumed that greater access to property rights leads to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437721
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Strengthening competition in Poland
Égert, Balázs; Goujard, Antoine - 2014
sector regulators in network industries and the powers of the Competition Authority can still be enhanced, as the reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375394
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Competitiveness and growth of the Mexican economy
Chiquiar, Daniel; Ramos-Francia, Manuel - 2009
We address the role that deep, structural factors may have as determinants of Mexico's economic growth. We argue that Mexico's poor growth performance appears to be associated not only with shorter-run events such as the "lost decade" of the eighties, but also with supply-side features of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909564
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Resilient infrastructure for thriving firms : a review of the evidence : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : background paper
Braese, Johannes; Rentschler, Jun; Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2019
This review examines the literature on the role of infrastructure in determining the productivity and competitiveness of firms. It shows that the existing evidence base is clear in concluding that reliable and high-quality infrastructure is a crucial foundation for enabling businesses to thrive....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052043
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The impact of regulation and competition on the migration from old to new communications infrastructure : recent evidence from EU27 member states
Briglauer, Wolfgang - 2014
policies and competition controlling for relevant supply and demand side factors. Our econometric model employs dynamic panel … impact on investment in new infrastructure. Furthermore, infrastructure-based competition from mobile operators and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424793
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The impact of alternative public policies on the deployment of new communications infrastructure : a survey
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Frübing, Stefan; Vogelsang, Ingo - 2015
regulatory holidays or geographically differentiated regulations, ii) deregulatory approaches based on effective competition law … of access regulations exist, whereas only a much smaller branch of literature addresses the impact of competition … in grey areas, if there is sufficient pressure from competitive outside options and if competition law is strong. Finally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462525
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Competition for access provision : infrastructure upgrades with spillovers
Matsushima, Noriaki; Mizuno, Keizo - 2014
We examine a game of competition with access provision in which service quality is endogenously determined through … infrastructure upgrades with spillovers. There are two types of equilibria in the free competition regime. In particular, voluntary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010396265
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Witch trials : discontent in early modern Europe
Hudson, Chris - 2016
This paper examines the relationship between income and witch trials in early modern Europe. We start by using climate data to proxy for income levels. This builds on previous work by exploiting a far richer panel dataset covering 356 regions and 260 years, including both seasonal temperature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554681
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Institutional transplant and cultural proximity : evidence from nineteenth-century Prussia
Lecce, Giampaolo; Ogliari, Laura - 2015 - This version: November 2015
The economic impact of an institutional transplant depends on the underlying cultural envi-ronment of the receiving country. This paper provides the first evidence that the positive effect of importing good institutions cancels out when the receiving territories are characterized by cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405198