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Are Complementary Reforms a 'Luxury' for Developing Countries?

Braga de Macedo, Jorge; Rocha, Bruno; Oliveira Martins, Joaquim (2014), Are Complementary Reforms a 'Luxury' for Developing Countries?, Journal of Comparative Economics, 42, 2, p. 417-435. 10.1016/j.jce.2013.06.003

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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2014-05
Journal name
Journal of Comparative Economics
Volume
42
Number
2
Publisher
Elsevier
Pages
417-435
Publication identifier
10.1016/j.jce.2013.06.003
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Author(s)
Braga de Macedo, Jorge

Rocha, Bruno

Oliveira Martins, Joaquim
Abstract (EN)
This paper investigates the impact of complementarity reforms on growth and how it depends on GDP per capita. Based on reform data for six policy areas compiled from various sources during the period 1994-2006 for over 100 countries, we compute composite indicators of reform level and complementarity. We provide qualitative justification for the existence of pair-wise complementarities among policy areas. We then use cross-section and panel data estimates to test the effect of reform level and complementarity on GDP per capita growth. We found reforms to be positively related and their dispersion (or the inverse of complementarity) negatively related to growth, controlling for initial conditions, monetary stability and other structural and institutional variables, as well as endogeneity of reform level and complementarity. We show that the effect of policy complementarity is a stronger condition for sustainable growth in developing than in advanced countries, to conclude that complementary reforms are not a 'luxury' for developing countries.
Subjects / Keywords
Developing Countries; GDP; Growth; Policy
JEL
O43 - Institutions and Growth
O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
E61 - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
E23 - Production
D72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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