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Context is everything : measuring institutional change in transition economies

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Campos, Nauro F.

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The author presents measures with which to map institution building during the transition from centrally planned to market economies. Data collection and indicators are measured in terms of five institutional dimensions of governance: a) accountability; b) quality of the bureaucracy; c) rule of law; d) character of policy-making process; and e) strength of civil society. The author highlights the differences over time and between Central and Eastern European countries and those of the former Soviet Union. In terms of effects of per capita income and school enrollment, he finds the rule of law to be the most important institutional dimension, both for the sample as a whole and for differences between the two regions. In terms of life expectancy, however, the quality of the bureaucracy plays the most crucial role. One important message the author draws from the results is that institutions do change over time and are by no means as immutable as the literature has suggested. The range of feasible policy choices (for changing institutions) may be much wider than is often assumed.

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Keywords: Decentralization Economic Theory&Research Corruption&Anitcorruption Law Public Sector Corruption&Anticorruption Measures Legal Products Governance Indicators National Governance Corruption&Anitcorruption Law Public Sector Corruption&Anticorruption Measures Economic Policy Institutions and Governance

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  1. Campos, N.F., 1999. "Back to the Future: The Growth Prospects of Transition Economies Reconsidered," Papers 146, Commission of the EEC - Ecofin, Country Studies.
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  2. Isham, Jonathan & Kaufmann, Daniel & Pritchett, Lant H, 1997. "Civil Liberties, Democracy, and the Performance of Government Projects," World Bank Economic Review, Oxford University Press, vol. 11(2), pages 219-42, May.
  3. Rodrik, Dani, 1999. " Where Did All the Growth Go? External Shocks, Social Conflict, and Growth Collapses," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 4(4), pages 385-412, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Yifu Lin, Justin & Nugent, Jeffrey B., 1995. "Institutions and economic development," Handbook of Development Economics, in: Hollis Chenery† & T.N. Srinivasan (ed.), Handbook of Development Economics, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 38, pages 2301-2370 Elsevier. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Kaufmann, Daniel & Kraay, Aart & Zoido-Lobaton, Pablo, 1999. "Governance matters," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2196, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  6. Dethier, Jean-Jacques & Ghanem, Hafez & Zoli, Edda, 1999. "Does democracy facilitate the economic transition : an empirical study of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2194, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  7. Luc Moers, 1999. "How important are Institutions for Growth in Transition Countries?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 99-004/2, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Campos, Nauro F & Kinoshita, Yuko, 2003. "Why Does FDI Go Where it Goes? New Evidence from the Transitional Economies," CEPR Discussion Papers 3984, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Vladimir Popov, 2006. "Shock Therapy Versus Gradualism Reconsidered: Lessons From Transition Economies After 15 Years Of Reforms," Working Papers w0068, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR). [Downloadable!]
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  3. Nauro F. Campos & Fabrizio Coricelli, 2002. "Growth in Transition: What We Know, What We Don't, and What We Should," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 470, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Marijana Badjun, 2005. "The quality of governance and economic growth in Croatia," Financial Theory and Practice, Institute of Public Finance, vol. 29(4), pages 279-308. [Downloadable!]
  5. Kinoshita, Yuko & Campos, Nauro F., 2004. "Estimating the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: How Important are Sampling and Omitted Variable Biases?," BOFIT Discussion Papers 10/2004, Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition. [Downloadable!]
  6. Eva Rytter Sunesen, 2006. "Measuring Idiosyncratic Risk: Implications for Capital Flows," Discussion Papers 06-20, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  7. Ichiro Iwasaki, 2003. "Transition Strategies and Economic Performances in the Former Soviet States: A Comparative Institutional View," Discussion Paper Series a433, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. [Downloadable!]
  8. Theo Eicher & Till Schreiber, 2006. "Structural Policies and Growth: Time Series Evidence from a Natural Experiment," Working Papers 48, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary. [Downloadable!]
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