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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2014-05Journal name
Journal of Comparative EconomicsVolume
42Number
2Publisher
Elsevier
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417-435
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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; PolicyJEL
O43 - Institutions and GrowthO17 - 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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