How does political instability affect economic growth?

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Main Author: Aisen, Ari
Publication Date: 2010
Other Authors: Veiga, Francisco José
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: The purpose of this paper is to empirically determine the effects of political instability on economic growth. Using the system-GMM estimator for linear dynamic panel data models on a sample covering up to 169 countries, and 5-year periods from 1960 to 2004, we find that higher degrees of political instability are associated with lower growth rates of GDP per capita. Regarding the channels of transmission, we find that political instability adversely affects growth by lowering the rates of productivity growth and, to a smaller degree, physical and human capital accumulation. Finally, economic freedom and ethnic homogeneity are beneficial to growth, while democracy may have a small negative effect.
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spelling How does political instability affect economic growth?Economic growthPolitical instabilityGrowth accountingProductivityThe purpose of this paper is to empirically determine the effects of political instability on economic growth. Using the system-GMM estimator for linear dynamic panel data models on a sample covering up to 169 countries, and 5-year periods from 1960 to 2004, we find that higher degrees of political instability are associated with lower growth rates of GDP per capita. Regarding the channels of transmission, we find that political instability adversely affects growth by lowering the rates of productivity growth and, to a smaller degree, physical and human capital accumulation. Finally, economic freedom and ethnic homogeneity are beneficial to growth, while democracy may have a small negative effect.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - Programa Operacional Ciência e Inovação 2010 (POCI 2010)Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER)Universidade do Minho. Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE)Universidade do MinhoAisen, AriVeiga, Francisco José20102010-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/11676engAISEN, Ari ; VEIGA, Francisco José - “How does political instability affect economic growth?“ [Em linha]. Braga : Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas, 2010. [Consult. 7 Fev. 2011]. Disponível em WWW: <URL:www3.eeg.uminho.pt/economia/nipe/docs/2010/NIPE_WP_5_2010.pdf>.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2024-05-11T04:42:59Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/11676Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T14:56:19.497535Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv How does political instability affect economic growth?
title How does political instability affect economic growth?
spellingShingle How does political instability affect economic growth?
Aisen, Ari
Economic growth
Political instability
Growth accounting
Productivity
title_short How does political instability affect economic growth?
title_full How does political instability affect economic growth?
title_fullStr How does political instability affect economic growth?
title_full_unstemmed How does political instability affect economic growth?
title_sort How does political instability affect economic growth?
author Aisen, Ari
author_facet Aisen, Ari
Veiga, Francisco José
author_role author
author2 Veiga, Francisco José
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Aisen, Ari
Veiga, Francisco José
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Economic growth
Political instability
Growth accounting
Productivity
topic Economic growth
Political instability
Growth accounting
Productivity
description The purpose of this paper is to empirically determine the effects of political instability on economic growth. Using the system-GMM estimator for linear dynamic panel data models on a sample covering up to 169 countries, and 5-year periods from 1960 to 2004, we find that higher degrees of political instability are associated with lower growth rates of GDP per capita. Regarding the channels of transmission, we find that political instability adversely affects growth by lowering the rates of productivity growth and, to a smaller degree, physical and human capital accumulation. Finally, economic freedom and ethnic homogeneity are beneficial to growth, while democracy may have a small negative effect.
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