Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260152 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2015:14
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
This study uses heterogeneous panel Granger causality tests to investigate the causal relationships between quality of governance and economic growth at the provincial level in China during the reform era. I find a significant and positive effect of economic growth on subsequent quality of governance, largely driven by growth in the secondary sector, but no significant effect of quality of governance on economic growth. These findings suggest that improvements in formal governance have not been a key factor in China's rapid growth, and support the proposition that governance reforms are often a consequence, rather than a cause, of economic growth.
Subjects: 
Asia
China
Quality of Governance
Economic Growth
JEL: 
O11
O17
O43
O53
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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