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The Great Divide Revisited: Ottoman and Habsburg Legacies on Transition

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  • Valentina Dimitrova‐Grajzl

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The former socialist countries of South East and Central Europe exhibit great variation in institutional quality. Unlike the sparse existing literature, I claim that the variation can be explained by the legacies of the Ottoman and Habsburg Empires. I identify historical legacies of the Empires, which have affected the current institutional quality of the successor states. I show empirically that the Empires' legacies are key determinants of institutional quality, and that the Habsburg successors have institutions that are more efficient in a market economy than the Ottoman successors. In contrast, I find an insignificant effect of socialism on institutional quality.

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  • Valentina Dimitrova‐Grajzl, 2007. "The Great Divide Revisited: Ottoman and Habsburg Legacies on Transition," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(4), pages 539-558, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:60:y:2007:i:4:p:539-558
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2007.00384.x
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    1. Palairet,Michael R., 1997. "The Balkan Economies c.1800–1914," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521580519.
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