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Estimating the Quality of Economic Governance: A Cross-Country Analysis

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Sudip Ranjan Basu (Graduate Institute of International Studies HEI , Geneva)

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This paper proposes a methodology to combine different dimensions of economic governance into a combined index. The quality of economic governance index (QEGI) is estimated as the weighted average of principal components of the standardised economic governance indicators, where weights are variances of successive principal components. The paper reports the QEGI for 71 developing and transition economies in 1998-2000. The evidence from a simple scatter diagram and a cross country regression analysis indicates that the better economic governance positively affects the economic performance (e.g., rise in per capita income, decline in poverty level, etc.) for sample of countries in our analysis.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Econometrics with number 0509012.

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Date of creation: 08 Sep 2005
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Keywords: Economic governance; Economic performance; Cross-country analysis; principal component.;

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C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General
O1 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
N4 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, and Regulation

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  1. William Easterly, 2002. "The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262550423.
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  1. Sudip Ranjan Basu, 2008. "A new way to link development to institutions,policies and geography," HEI Working Papers 04-2008, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, revised Mar 2008. [Downloadable!]
  2. Sudip Ranjan Basu, 2005. "The Determinants of Economic Well-being:An Application in the Indian States," Development and Comp Systems 0509009, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
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