Political Instability and Economic Growth

Political Instability and Economic Growth

DSpace/Manakin Repository

Political Instability and Economic Growth

dc.contributor.author	Swagel, Phillip
dc.contributor.author	Roubini, Nouriel
dc.contributor.author	Ozler, Sule
dc.contributor.author	Alesina, Alberto
dc.date.accessioned	2010-11-09T20:12:44Z
dc.date.issued	1996
dc.identifier.citation	Alesina, Alberto, Sule Ozler, Nouriel Roubini, and Phillip Swagel. 1996. Political instability and economic growth. Journal of Economic Growth 1(2): 189-211.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1573-7020	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1381-4338	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4553024
dc.description.abstract	This paper investigates the relationship between political instability and per capita GDP growth in a sample of 113 countries for the period 1950 through 1982. We define political instability as the propensity of a government collapse, and we estimate a model in which such a measure of political instability and economic growth are jointly determined. The main result of this paper is that in countries and time periods with a high propensity of government collapse, growth is significantly lower than otherwise. We also discuss the effects of different types of government changes on growth.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Economics	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer Verlag	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	doi:10.1007/BF00138862	en_US
dash.license	LAA
dc.subject	coup d'etat	en_US
dc.subject	government changes	en_US
dc.subject	economic growth	en_US
dc.subject	political instability	en_US
dc.title	Political Instability and Economic Growth	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Author's Original	en_US
dc.relation.journal	Journal of Economic Growth	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Alesina, Alberto
dc.date.available	2010-11-09T20:12:44Z