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Benchmarking institutional and structural indicators in EU candidate and potential candidate countries
Alvarez Orviz, Roberto; Savelin, Li - 2017
, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. Sound institutions … the quality of their institutions and economic governance over the past decade, it is crucial that they preserve the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634427
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Benchmarking institutional and structural indicators in EU candidate and potential candidate countries
Alvarez Orviz, Roberto; Savelin, Li - 2017
, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. Sound institutions … the quality of their institutions and economic governance over the past decade, it is crucial that they preserve the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661910
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Corruption and economic growth: A meta-analysis of the evidence on low-income countries and beyond
Ugur, Mehmet; Dasgupta, Nandini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Corruption is a symptom and outcome of institutional deficiency, with potentially adverse effects on economic growth. This paper aims to provide a synthesis of the existing evidence on the relationship between corruption and economic growth - controlling for effect type, data sources, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372561
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Institutions and Economic Performance: Cross-Country Tests Using Alternative Institutional Indicators
Knack, Stephen; Keefer, Philip - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1995
This paper compares more direct measures of the institutional environment with both the instability proxies used by Barro (1991) and the Gastil indices, by comparing their effects both on growth and private investment. The results provide substantial support for the position that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530718
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In Europe we trust?
Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Haas, Jasmina - 2016
The decrease in the rule of law and in control of corruption in several EU countries is a threat to the cohesion in the EU. Brexit has reinforced the centrifugal forces in the EU. To counter this threat the EU needs to engage in unpopular measures as they infringe on the Member States'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011516715
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In Europe we trust?
Ritzen, Jo; Haas, Jasmina - 2016
The decrease in the rule of law and in control of corruption in several EU countries is a threat to the cohesion in the EU. Brexit has reinforced the centrifugal forces in the EU. To counter this threat the EU needs to engage in unpopular measures as they infringe on the Member States'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011637943
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Does better local governance improve district growth performance in Indonesia?
McCulloch, Neil; Malesky, Edmund - Department of Economics, School of Business, Management … - 2011
A large literature suggests that countries with better governance have higher growth rates. We explore whether this is also true at the sub-national level in Indonesia. We exploit a new dataset of firm perceptions of the quality of economic governance in 243 districts across Indonesia to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205041
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The case of transition economies : what institutions matter for growth?
Raimbaev, Azim - 2011
There is a consensus among scholars that institutions (i.e. norms and regulations) are country specific. The paper aims … to contribute to the debate by examining the type of institutions which have been the most important for growth in … classical growth factors such as investment and export turn out to be more important for growth than institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524879
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Institutions and governance in Mozambique: A bird's eye view based on existing databases
Ferreira, Ines A. - 2024
Using publicly available databases and drawing on a wide range of indicators, this paper reviews the institutional performance of Mozambique across seven broad categories: rule of law and judicial independence; voice and freedom of expression/association; political participation; accountability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477448
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Do migrants improve governance at home? Evidence from a voting experiment
Batista, Cátia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2010
This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271802