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Therese Nilsson. Photo.

Therese Nilsson

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Therese Nilsson. Photo.

More Open – Better Governed? Evidence from High- and Low-income Countries

Author

  • Andreas Bergh
  • Irina Mirkina
  • Therese Nilsson

Summary, in English

Using World Bank data on institutional quality and the KOF Globalization Index, we examine over 100 countries from 1992 to 2010 to analyze the relationship between economic and social globalization and six measures of institutional quality. Theoretically, the incentives of elites to respond to globalization by improving institutions should differ between low-income and high-income countries. Empirically, increasing economic flows and social globalization are followed by improving institutions in rich countries, while the effect is the opposite for low-income countries. Previous findings of positive effects of trade on institutional quality are likely driven by rich countries.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics
  • Centre for Economic Demography

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Publication/Series

IFN Working Paper

Issue

997

Document type

Working paper

Publisher

Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm

Topic

  • Economics
  • Economic History

Status

Published