Essays about: "Worldwide Governance Indicators"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words Worldwide Governance Indicators.

  1. 6. Does openness affect economic growth? : A panel data on developing and developed countries

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Awa Aagah; Sibel Baydono; [2018]
    Keywords : Openness; economic growth; GDP per capita;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of trade openness on economic growth through a panel analysis containing a set of 61 countries over 15 years. The method we use is the fixed effect regression model in Stata, to see whether openness to trade has explanatory power over GDP per capita growth. READ MORE

  3. 7. Russia’s Economic Influence and its Effect on the Quality of Governance in CEE since 1996 – An Analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Annika Luginsland; [2017]
    Keywords : Quality of Governance; Power and Economic Interdependence; Energy; Russia; Central and Eastern Europe; General Works;

    Abstract : The recent geopolitical tensions between Russia and the West and the deconsolidation processes in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries have recently sparked a debate on Russia’s foreign policy strategy. This thesis analyzes whether an increase in Russian economic activity in CEE is associated with a decline in the quality of governance in the region. READ MORE

  4. 8. Institutions and Economic Growth in Africa: An Assessment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Lennart Hoedemakers; [2016]
    Keywords : New Institutional Economics; Africa; Economic Growth; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper assesses the extent to which cross country empirical data can be used to explain the impact of institutions on economic growth in Africa. It does so by first establishing a theoretical framework on economic growth, focusing particularly on New Institutional Economics, also assessing several other theories that seek to explain economic growth. READ MORE

  5. 9. The impact of governance on inequality : An empirical study

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Carin Sjölin; [2016]
    Keywords : Economic inequality; Gini coefficient; governance; Worldwide Governance Indicators; the Standardized World Income Inequality Database SWIID ; pooled OLS regression analysis;

    Abstract : This paper examines the effect of governance on inequality, specifically if improvements in the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators affect inequality as measured by two Gini coefficients: Market Gini, before taxes and redistribution, and Net Gini, after taxes and redistribution. The data for the Gini measurements was taken from the Standardized World Income Inequality Database (SWIID) and the data for the Worldwide Governance Indicators was taken from the World Bank. READ MORE