Exploring Non-Linear Effects of Political Institutions on Economic Institutions
Publication Date
2-24-2017
Abstract
Recent research has explored the determinants of economic freedom, an important measure of institutional quality. Elsewhere, some scholars have posited a negative relationship between the quality of economic institutions and democracy, at very high levels of democracy. This paper disaggregates the Polity IV index into a vector of twenty dummy variables to understand how differing degrees of democracy and autocracy may impact economic freedom, thereby leaving open the possibilities for non-linearities to express themselves in the analysis. Little evidence is found of any relationship in the long run, except possibly that very autocratic political institutions may have a negative effect.
Document Type
Article
Keywords
Political Institutions, Economic Institutions, Economic Freedom of the World, Polity IV, Democracy
DOI
10.2139/ssrn.2922891
Source
SMU Cox: Other (Topic)
Language
English
