Education, political institutions and innovative activity: A cross-country empirical investigation

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1083-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikos C. Varsakelis
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Cross Country

A Cross-Country Empirical Investigation of Corruption and its Relationship to Economic, Cultural, and Monitoring Institutions: An Examination of the Role of Accounting and Financial Statements Quality

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marinilka Barros Kimbro
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Information Monitoring ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Cross Country

This paper empirically tests a model that links economic, cultural, and information/monitoring variables to corruption in 61 countries. The results offer significant evidence to suggest that higher GNP per capita, moderate economic growth, effective legal and financial accounting systems, collectivist values and low power distance are associated with countries that have low corruption. Countries that have better laws, more effective judiciary, good financial reporting standards, and a higher concentration of accountants are found to be less corrupt.

Tocqueville on Algeria

1963 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvin Richter
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Alexis De Tocqueville

On any list of the most penetrating and least deceived political theorists of the nineteenth century, Alexis de Tocqueville must be ranked high. Few others perceived the dangers both of egalitarianism and of racial thinking; of secular religions as well as of state churches; of historical determinism, as well as of those other explanations which equally well undermine responsibility by attributing everything to mere chance or to the appearance of exceptional individuals. Tocqueville insisted upon the obligation of free men to determine by empirical investigation just what are the genuine alternatives confronting them. By his own effort to perform this task, he made a classic contribution to the study of the relationships between social organization and political institutions.

scholarly journals Authoritarian Regimes and Economic Development: An Empirical Reflection

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4I-II) ◽  
pp. 657-673
Author(s):  
Karim Khan ◽  
Saima Batool ◽  
Anwar Shah
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Alternative Measures ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Impact

Since the recent emphasis on institutions for overall economic development of the countries, the research in this strand has expanded enormously. In this study, we want to see the impact of political institutions on economic development in pure cross-country setting. We take the Human Development Index (HDI) as a measure of economic development and use two alternative measures of dictatorship. We find that dictatorship is adversely affecting economic development in our sample of 92 countries. For instance, transition from extreme dictatorship to ideal democracy would increase HDI by 17 percent. Moreover, our results are robust to alternative specifications and the problems of endogeneity and reverse causation as is shown by the results of 2 Stages Least Squares (2SLS). JEL Classification: P16, H11, H41, H42 Keywords: Economic Development, Human Development Index, Dictatorship

scholarly journals Political Repression and Government Effectiveness

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
William R. DiPietro
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Political Repression ◽  
State Repression ◽  
Government Effectiveness ◽  
Cross Country

<p>It seems logical that when a state is doing a good job with regard to the economy, infrastructure, education, and the provision of public goods, citizens will be less disenchanted with their government and less prone to either condone or engage in any form of dissident behavior requiring enhanced state repression. Given this reasoning, this paper formally proposes that state repression is negatively related to government performance, and uses cross country regression analysis to test the notion. The results of the empirical investigation provide support for the idea. Thus, it appears, just as theoretically proposed, that governments that work well, have less need to use force against their citizens, and repress less. </p>

Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Investigation

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Kleber Duarte Macambira Filho ◽  
Francisco Gildemir Ferreira da Silva ◽  
Tito Belchior Silva Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Determinants Of Economic Growth
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