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Governance and economic growth, Volume 1

Author:	Gradstein, Mark;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper series ; no. WPS 3098
Date Stored:	2003/08/23	Document Date:	2003/07/31
Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper	Language:	English
Major Sector:	(Historic)Sector not applicable	Report Number:	WPS3098
Sub Sectors:	(Historic)Sector not applicable	SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Governance Indicators; Common Property Resource Development; Judicial System Reform; Economic Theory & Research; Inequality; Labor Policies
Volume No:	1

Summary: Because protection of property rights cannot be appropriated by any individual, it is widely recognized as being the state's responsibility. Moreover, recent empirical evidence suggests that protection of property rights leads to higher investment levels and faster growth. The extent of property rights protection differs significantly across countries. The author integrates the emergence of property rights within a simple growth framework. Drawing on North (1990), he presents a model where economic performance and enforcement of property rights may reinforce each other. Initial conditions determine the economy's convergence to a high-income or a low-income steady state. Existing empirical evidence offers tentative support for this theory.


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