Constitutional rules as determinants of social infrastructure
| Autor: | David J. Kuenzel, Theo S. Eicher, Cecilia García-Peñalosa |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Washington [Seattle], Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques (AMSE), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Wesleyan University, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Economics and Econometrics
media_common.quotation_subject ACL-2 Institutions Social infrastructure Politics Leverage (negotiation) 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration Economics Institution 050207 economics Dimension (data warehouse) media_common Social Infrastructure Structure (mathematical logic) Human rights Public economics [QFIN]Quantitative Finance [q-fin] 05 social sciences 16. Peace & justice [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance 0506 political science Variety (cybernetics) Constitutions Bayesian Model Averaging |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Macroeconomics Journal of Macroeconomics, 2018, 57 (C), pp.182-209. ⟨10.1016/j.jmacro.2018.05.009⟩ Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, 2018, 57, pp.182-209 Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, 2018, 57, pp.182-209. ⟨10.1016/j.jmacro.2018.05.009⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0164-0704 |
| Popis: | International audience; A sizable literature has established the positive impact of social infrastructure on economic development, but the determinants of social infrastructure itself have yet to be fully explored. Competing theories suggest a variety of political institutions as driving forces of social infrastructure, but the empirical literature has been hampered by the small set of available proxies, many of which are broadly defined. We leverage a new, comprehensive dataset that codes political institutions directly from countries’ constitutions. By employing a statistical methodology that is designed to juxtapose candidate regressors associated with many competing theories, we test each individual political institution's effect on social infrastructure. Our results show that constitutional rules pertaining to executive constraints as well as to the structure of electoral systems are crucial for the development of high-quality social infrastructure. We also find that the determinants of social infrastructure are much more fundamental than previously thought: not only the general structure of electoral systems matter, but also highly detailed aspects such as limits on campaign contributions and the freedom to form parties. Moreover, the granularity of our data allows us to highlight the profound effect of basic human rights on social infrastructure, a dimension which has not been explored in the literature to date. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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