Institutions and development: The interaction between trade regime and political system

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-272

  Falkinger, Josef ^a,b,c   Grossmann, Volker ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic development; Institutions; Political system; Public education; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144470263     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-005-3534-4     Document Type: Article

References (74)

1. D. Acemoglu and J. A. Robinson 2000 "Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective," Quarterly Journal of Economics 115 1167-1199 10.1162/ 003355300555042
2. D. Acemoglu and J. A. Robinson 2001 "A Theory of Political Transitions" American Economic Review 91 938-963
3. D. Acemoglu S. Johnson and J. A. Robinson 2001 "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation" American Economic Review 91 1369-1401
4. D. Acemoglu S. Johnson and J. A. Robinson 2002 "Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution" Quarterly Journal of Economics 117 1231-1294 10.1162/003355302320935025
5. Acemoglu, D., S. Johnson, and J. A. Robinson. (2004). "Institutions as the Fundamental Cause for Long-run Growth." In Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf (eds), Handbook of Economic Growth, forthcoming.
6. P. Bairoch 1982 "International Industrialization Levels from 1750 to 1980" Journal of European Economic History 11 269-333
7. P. K. Bardhan 1970 Economic Growth, Development and Foreign Trade Wiley New York
8. Bertocchi, G. (2004). "The Law of Primogeniture and the Transition from Landed Aristocracy to Industrial Democracy," University of Modena (mimeo).
9. Bértola, L. and J. G. Williamson. (2003). "Globalization in Latin America Before 1940," NBER Working Paper No. 9687.
10. Blattman, C., J. Hwang, and J. G. Williamson. (2003). "The Terms of Trade and Economic Growth in the Periphery 1870-1938," University of California and Harvard University (mimeo).
11. C. Boix and S. C. Stokes 2003 "Endogenous Democratization" World Politics 55 517-549
12. F. Bourguignon and T. Verdier 2000 "Oligarchy, Democracy, Inequality and Growth" Journal of Development Economics 62 285-313 10.1016/S0304-3878(00)00086-9
13. S. N. Broadberry 1998 "How Did the United States and Germany Overtake Britain? A Sectoral Analysis of Comparative Productivity Levels, 1970-1990" Journal of Economic History 58 375-407
14. M. A. Centeno 1997 "Blood and Debt: War and Taxation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America" American Journal of Sociology 102 1565-1605 10.1086/231127
15. Cervellati, M., P. Fortunato, and U. Sunde. (2004). "From Hobbes to Rousseau: Inequality, Institutions, and Development," University of Bologna (mimeo)
16. Clemens, M. A., and J. G. Williamson. (2001). "A Tariff-Growth Paradox? Protection's Impact the World Around 1875-1997," NBER Working Paper No. 8459.
17. Coatsworth, J. H. (1993). "Notes on the Comparative Economic History of Latin America and the United States," In Walther Bernecker and Hans W. Tobler (eds), Development and Underdevelopment in America: Contrasts of Economic Growth in North and Latin America in Historical Perspective. New York: Walter de Gruyter.
18. Coatsworth, J. H., and J. G. Williamson. (2002). "The Roots of Latin American Protectionism: Looking Before the Great Depression," NBER Working Paper No. 8999.
19. Earle, R. (2003). "Consumption and Excess in Spanish America (1700 1830)." In Rory Miller and Colin Lewis (eds), Consumption, Trade and Markets in Latin America, 1750 1950, forthcoming.
20. R. A. Easterlin 1981 "Why Isn't the Whole World Developed?" Journal of Economic History 41 1-1
21. Engerman, S. L., S. Haber, and K.L. Sokoloff. (2000). "Inequality, Institutions, and Differential Paths of Growth Among New World Economies." In Claude Menard (ed), Institutions, Contracts, and Organizations. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
22. S. L. Engerman and K. L. Sokoloff 2002 "Factor Endowments, Inequality, and Paths of Development among New World Economies," Economia: Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association 3 41-88
23. A. J. Field 1979 "Economic and Demographic Determinants of Educational Commitment: Massachusetts, 1855" Journal of Economic History 39 439-460
24. Galor, O. (2005). "From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory." In Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf (eds), Handbook of Economic Growth, forthcoming.
25. Galor, O., and O. Moav. (2003). "Das Human Kapital: A Theory of the Demise of the Class Struggle," Brown University and Hebrew University (mimeo).
26. O. Galor and O. Moav 2004 "From Physical to Human Capital Accumulation: Inequality in the Process of Development," Review of Economic Studies 71 1001-1026 10.1111/0034-6527.00312
27. Galor, O., O. Moav, and D. Vollrath. (2003). "Land Inequality and the Origin of Divergence and Overtaking in the Growth Process: Theory and Evidence," CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3817.
28. Galor, O., and A. Mountford. (2003). "Trading Population for Productivity," Working Paper 2004-16, Brown University, Department of Economics.
29. O. Galor and D. N. Weil 2000 "Population, Technology and Growth: From Malthusian Stagnation to the Demographic Transition and Beyond," American Economic Review 90 806-828
30. O. Galor and J. Zeira 1993 "Income Distribution and Macroeconomics," Review of Economic Studies 60 35-52
31. J. Gerber 1991 "Public School Expenditures in the Plantation States" Explorations in Economic History 28 1910-9322 10.1016/ 0014-4983(91)90010-G
32. E. L. Glaeser R. Porta La F. Lopez-de-Silanes and A. Shleifer 2004 "Do Institutions Cause Growth?," Journal of Economic Growth 9 271-303 10.1023/B:JOEG.0000038933.16398.ed
33. M. Gradstein 2004 "Governance and Growth," Journal of Development Economics 73 505-518 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.05.002
34. M. Gradstein and M. Justman 1997 "Democratic Choice of an Education System: Implications for Governance and Growth," Journal of Economic growth 2 169-183 10.1023/A:1009781101707
35. G. M. Grossman and E. Helpman 1990 "Comparative Advantage and Long-run Growth," American Economic Review 45 847-849
36. T. Gylfason 2001 "Natural Resources, Education and Economic Development," European Economic Review 45 847-859 10.1016/ S0014-2921(01)00127-1
37. T. Gylfason T. T. Herbertsson and G. Zoega 1999 "A Mixed Blessing: Natural Resources and Economic Growth," Macroeconomic Dynamics 3 204-225 10.1017/S1365100599011049
38. A. E. Harrison 1996 "Openness and Growth: A Time-Series, Cross-country Analysis for Developing Countries," Journal of Development Economics 48 419-447 10.1016/0304-3878(95)00042-9
39. D. C. Hazen 1978 "The Politics of Schooling in the Nonliterate Third World: The Case of Highland Peru," History of Education Quarterly 18 419-443
40. Irwin, D. A. (2002). "Did Import Substitution Promote Growth in the Late Nineteenth Century?" NBER Working Paper No. 8751.
41. S. Keith 1978 "An Historical Overview of the State and Educational Policy in Jamaica," Latin American Perspectives 5 37-52
42. P. R. Lane and A. Tornell 1996 "Power, Growth and the Voracity Effect," Journal of Economic Growth 1 213-241 10.1007/BF00138863
43. Langer, E. D. (1997). "Foreign Cloth in the Lowland Frontier: Commerce and Consumption of Textiles in Bolivia, 1830-1930." In Benjamin S. Orlove (ed.), The Allure of the Foreign: Imported Goods in Postcolonial Latin America. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
44. P. H. Lindert 2004 Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Century, Vol I. Cambridge University Press Cambridge
45. Llavador, H., and R. J. Oxoby. (2005). "Growth and the Franchise," Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming.
46. J. M. Loy 1971 "Primary Education during the Columbian Federation: The School Reform of 1870" Hispanic American History Review 51 275-294
47. A. Maddison 2000 The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective OECD Paris
48. A. Maddison 2003 The World Economy: Historical Statistics OECD Paris
49. K. Matsuyama 1992 "Agricultural Productivity, Comparative Advantage, and Economic Growth," Journal of Economic Theory 58 317-334 10.1016/0022-0531(92)90057-O
50. S. A. Mosk 1951 "Latin America versus United States," American Economic Review 41 367-383
51. W. H. Nicholls 1956 "Some Foundations of Economic Development in the Upper East Tennesse Valley, 1850-1900 II," Journal of Political Economy 44 400-415
52. D. C. North 1961 The Economic Growth of the United States 1790-1860 Prentice-Hall Englewood Cliffs, NJ
53. D. C. North 1981 Structure and Change in Economic History W.W. Norton and Co. New York
54. Orlove, B. S., and A. J. Bauer. (1997). "Chile in the Belle Epoque: Primitive Producers, Civilized Consumers." In Benjamin S. Orlove (ed.), The Allure of the Foreign: Imported Goods in Postcolonial Latin America. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
55. K. H. O'Rourke 2000 "Tariffs and Growth in the Late 19th Century" Economic Journal 110 456-483 10.1111/1468-0297.00533
56. O'Rourke, K. H. (2001). "Globalization and Inequality: Historical Trends," NBER Working Paper No. 8339.
57. A. M. Taylor O'Rourke and J. G. Williamson 1996 "Factor Price Convergence in the Late Nineteenth Century," International Economic Review 37 499-530
58. Reimers, F. (2004). "The Politics of Learning: The Struggle for Educational Opportunity in Latin America." Harvard University
59. D. Rodrik A. Subramanian and F. Trebbi 2004 "Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Geography and Integration in Economic Development," Journal of Econonomic Growth 9 131-165 10.1023/ B:JOEG.0000031425.72248.85
60. Rodríguez, F., and D. Rodrik. (2001). "Trade Policy and Economic Growth: A Skeptic's Guide to Cross-National Evidence," NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2000, Vol. 15. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, pp. 261-325.
61. F. Rodríguez and J. D. Sachs 1999 "Why Do Resource-Abundant Economies Grow More Slowly?" Journal of Economic Growth 4 277-303 10.1023/A:1009876618968
62. R. Rogowski 1989 Commerce and Coalitions: How Trade Affects Domestic Political Alignments Princeton University Press Princeton
63. Rosenberg, N., and M. Trajtenberg. (2001). "A General Purpose Technology at Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the Late 19th Century US," NBER Working Paper No. 8485.
64. J. D. Sachs and A. M. Warner 1995 "Economic Reform the Process of Global Integration," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1 1-118
65. J. D. Sachs and A. M. Warner 2001 "The Curse of Natural Resources," European Economic Review 45 827-838 10.1016/ S0014-2921(01)00125-8
66. K. L. Sokoloff and S. L. Engerman 2000 "Institutions, Factor Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World," Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 217-232
67. Sokoloff, K. L., and E. M. Zolt. (2004). "Inequality and Taxation: Some Evidence for the Americas," UCLA (mimeo).
68. S. J. Stein and S. J. Hunt 1971 "Principal Currents in the Economic Historiography of Latin America," Journal of Economic History 31 222-253
69. A. Tornell 1997 "Economic Growth and Decline with Endogenous Property Rights," Journal of Economic Growth 2 219-250 10.1023/ A:1009749908420
70. R. Torvik 2002 "Natural Resources, Rent Seeking and Welfare," Journal of Development Economics 67 455-470 10.1016/S0304-3878(01)00195-X
71. A. Vamvakidis 2002 "How Robust is the Growth-Openness Connection? Historical Evidence," Journal of Economic Growth 7 57-80 10.1023/ A:1013418610712
72. J. G. Williamson 1998 "Globalization, Labor Markets and Policy Backlash in the Past," Journal of Economic Perspectives 12 51-72
73. H. Yanikkaya 2003 "Trade Openness and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Investigation," Journal of Development Economics 72 57-89 10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00068-3
74. A. Young 1991 "Learning By Doing and the Dynamic Effects of International Trade," Quarterly Journal of Economics 106 369-405