Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/85473 
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Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 99-004/2
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
Growth empirics with institutional measures is performed for 25 transition countries overthe period 1990-95. Estimation results suggest that (particularly state) institutions aresignificant for growth and, especially, foreign direct investment (FDI), the latter in turnbeing important for the former. It is also found that the correlation between institutionsand FDI is more likely to be a (direct) causation. Only inflation and war seem to have beenrelatively more important for growth performance in transition countries than institutionsper se. This suggests that macroeconomic stabilization and peace should be the main policypriorities in transition, closely followed by institution building.
Subjects: 
Transition economics
growth empirics
institutions
policy reform
JEL: 
O17
O57
P21
P24
P27
P51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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