Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52952 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2003/76
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Using panel data this paper examines the effects of institutions on the success of reforms and integration in the Maghreb. Institutional quality measures are developed using fuzzy-set based transformations of civil liberties and political rights. We posit that these transformations are quite appropriate given the nature of freedom indicators. We show that using fuzzy-set transformed measures provides useful insights regarding the quality of institutions in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. Furthermore, our empirical results suggest that institutions play a significant role in the success or failure of economic reforms. This conclusion is in clear contrast to views that propose a sequencing in which civil liberties and political rights should come after economic reforms are already in place and fully operational.
Subjects: 
institutions
Maghreb
economic reform
JEL: 
F14
O19
O55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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