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dc.titleAre Crises Good for Long-Term Growth?: The Role of Political Institutions
dc.contributor.authorCavallo, Eduardo A.
dc.contributor.authorCavallo, Alberto F.
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2011-02-04T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2008-09-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides empirical evidence for the importance of institutions in determining the outcome of crises on long-term growth. Once unobserved country-specific effects and other sources of endogeneity are accounted for, political institutions affect growth through their interaction with crises. The results suggest that only countries with strong democracies, high levels of political competition and external constraints on government can potentially benefit from crises and use them as opportunities to enhance long-term output per capita and productivity growth.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010820
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Are-Crises-Good-for-Long-Term-Growth-The-Role-of-Political-Institutions.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectFinancial Crisis and Structural Adjustement
dc.subject.jelcodeF43 - Economic Growth of Open Economies
dc.subject.jelcodeO40 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
dc.subject.jelcodeO43 - Institutions and Growth
dc.subject.keywordsWP-643
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-N2827
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