The Impact of Growth Performance and Political Regime Type on Economic Policy Liberalization

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The paper investigates empirically the interaction between economic growth performance and political institutions in producing free-market reform. In particular, we explore whether political regime types systematically shape government policy responses to good or bad growth performance, employing panel econometric techniques and using recently updated data for economic reform and political institutions. Contrary to conventional wisdom we find that a bad growth performance is conducive to reforms only in democracies, but not in autocracies. Democratic rule seems to be favourable for policy liberalisation in general, but a very good growth performance weakens liberalisation incentives considerably.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIFO Working Papers ; No. 300

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: democracy ; crisis hypothesis ; market-oriented reform ; political credibility ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Deregulierung ; Politisches System ; Schätzung ; Welt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pitlik, Hans
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
• (where): Vienna
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/128849
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET