Institution Building and Growth in Transition Economies

47 Pages Posted: 10 Aug 2006

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Luc Laeven

European Central Bank (ECB); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Thorsten Beck

City University London - The Business School; Tilburg University - European Banking Center, CentER

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Date Written: June 2006

Abstract

Drawing on the recent literature on economic institutions and the origins of economic development, we offer a political economy explanation of why institution building has varied so much across transition economies. We identify dependence on natural resources and the historical experience of these countries during socialism as major determinants of institution building during transition. Using natural resource reliance and the years under socialism to extract the exogenous component of institution building, we also show the importance of institutions in explaining the variation in economic development and growth across transition economies during the first decade of transition.

Keywords: Transition economies, institutions, economic development

JEL Classification: O10, P20

Suggested Citation

Laeven, Luc A. and Beck, Thorsten, Institution Building and Growth in Transition Economies (June 2006). CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5718, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=923630

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