Growth, Reform Indicators and Policy Complementarities

FEUNL Working Paper No. 484

24 Pages Posted: 3 Jul 2006

See all articles by Jorge Braga de Macedo

Jorge Braga de Macedo

Nova School of Business and Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Joaquim Oliveira Martins

CEPII, Paris; University Paris-Dauphine - PSL

Date Written: July 2006

Abstract

This paper discusses the design of structural policies by relating second-best results and the complementarity of reforms. It computes a complementarity index based on structural reform indicators compiled by the EBRD for transition countries, assuming that the run-up to EU integration corresponds to a nearly complete policy cycle. Using econometric panel estimates, the level of reforms and changes in their complementarity are found to be positively related to output growth, corrected for endogeneity, and given initial conditions and the extent of macroeconomic stabilisation.

Keywords: Second-best, Complementarity, structural reforms, reform

JEL Classification: P2, O40, C33

Suggested Citation

Braga de Macedo, Jorge and Oliveira Martins, Joaquim, Growth, Reform Indicators and Policy Complementarities (July 2006). FEUNL Working Paper No. 484, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=912955 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.912955

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