Description: Industrial Growth and the Quality of Institutions : What Do (Transition) Economies Have to Gain from the Rule of Law?

Industrial Growth and the Quality of Institutions : What Do (Transition) Economies Have to Gain from the Rule of Law?

The authors empirically test the link between industrial growth and indicators of institutional quality. They find significant evidence that institutional quality affects inindustrial growth in 27 Asian and Latin American countries. Their results s...

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Main Authors:	Grigorian, David A., Martinez, Albert
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BENCHMARK BUREAUCRACY BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL STOCK CENTRAL PLANNING CIVIL LIBERTIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONVERGENCE CORRUPTION COUNTRIES COUNTRY GROWTH COVARIANCE MATRIX DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECT INVESTMENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL GROWTH LITERATURE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPLOYMENT ENDOGENOUS GROWTH ERROR TERM EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORTS FINANCIAL DEPTH FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTORS FOREIGN ENTRY FOREIGN EXCHANGE GDP GROWTH MODEL GROWTH REGRESSION HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INDUSTRIAL POLICY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT RATE INVESTMENT RATIO IRREVERSIBILITY LAW INDICATOR LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LIQUIDITY LONG RUN LONG-RUN GROWTH M2 MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS MARGINAL EFFECT MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET ECONOMIES MONETARY ECONOMICS NEW GROWTH THEORIES OIL OUTPUT GROWTH OUTPUT PER CAPITA POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONS PUBLIC GOOD REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURNS TO SCALE RULE OF LAW SAFETY NET SAVINGS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE STAGFLATION STANDARD ERRORS STREAMS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TIME SERIES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSITION TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSITION ECONOMY VALUATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717452/industrial-growth-quality-institutions-transition-economies-gain-rule-law http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19743

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Summary:	The authors empirically test the link between industrial growth and indicators of institutional quality. They find significant evidence that institutional quality affects inindustrial growth in 27 Asian and Latin American countries. Their results suggest that the development of the legal and regulatory framework works its way to industrial growth through both investment and total factor productivity. The implications for policymakers in transition economies: Institution building should complement privatization, public and private investment in education, research and development, and measures to promote foreign direct investment. Specifically, policymakers should try to reduce corruption, eliminate bureacratic barriers, and improve the legal environment and contract enforcement. Special attention should also be given to measures to deepen financial intermediation, improve the financial sector infrastructure, and increase the efficiency of financial transactions.

Industrial Growth and the Quality of Institutions : What Do (Transition) Economies Have to Gain from the Rule of Law?

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