Economic Growth
Ali Rezaei; Tahmasb Mazaheri; Majid Tavasoli
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Political and economic policymakers believe that the development of good governance plays a key role in the political and economic development of countries. Therefore, it is important to identify the effective factors on the efficiency of good governance in order to adopt appropriate policies for promoting ...
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Political and economic policymakers believe that the development of good governance plays a key role in the political and economic development of countries. Therefore, it is important to identify the effective factors on the efficiency of good governance in order to adopt appropriate policies for promoting the political and economic system, because through the promotion of good governance, economic growth can be achieved. According to the views of institutionalist economists, one of the factors influencing institutional development is the independence of the Central Bank. Central Bank autonomy, through the creation of institutional structures and institutions, changes the other variables, such as state financial discipline, increased transparency and accountability, and these mechanisms help to improve good governance. In this study, the relationship between central bank independence and good governance indicators using GMM method and correlation coefficient during the period of 2002 to 2015 were investigated. In this research, the International Risk Management Index (ICRG) has been used as a good governance indicator, which includes ranking 22 variables in three sub-categories of different political risk, financial risk and economic risk, and the Mathew Index (2006) has been used as an indicator of the independence of the central bank. The Central Bank's Independence Index has been analyzed in three areas of monetary policy independence, political independence and financial independence. The findings of the research showed that the independence of the central bank has a significant effect on good governance, so that the increase in the independence of monetary policy, political independence and financial independence leads to a decrease in political, financial and economic risk.
Economic Growth
kaveh Derakhshani Darabi; yousef mehnatfar
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Since the 1990s, the role of institutions and the quality of governance along with social capital has been widely recognized as the factors of development. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to examine the role and contribution of institutional arrangements and social capital on the development ...
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Since the 1990s, the role of institutions and the quality of governance along with social capital has been widely recognized as the factors of development. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to examine the role and contribution of institutional arrangements and social capital on the development process.So, in this study, the role and importance of these factors is examined along with economical and technical factors in the process of industrial development using the hierarchical analysis approach. The results show that the social capital and institutional quality factors which are included with the headings of policy and political factors, cultural and social factors, and management and human resources factors are respectively calculated with the weight of 0.31, 0.14, 0.11, as the first priority, the third priority and the fourth priority of the barriers to industrial development. The results also show that the financial and technical factors with the weigh of 0.12 and 0.08, respectively, are the second and sixth priorities. The infrastructure deficiency and limitations in access to resources and raw materials, respectively, with a coefficient of 0.1 and 0.05 are the fifth and seventh priorities.
Economic Growth
Behzad Maleki Hassanvand; Mohammad Jafari; Shahram Fatahi; Hadi Ghafari
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The aim of this paper is examining the simultaneous impact of good governance and government spending on economic growth in MENA countries. To estimate model, we've used GMM method during 2002-2016. The results show that good governance (weighted average of six indexes) and government spending ...
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The aim of this paper is examining the simultaneous impact of good governance and government spending on economic growth in MENA countries. To estimate model, we've used GMM method during 2002-2016. The results show that good governance (weighted average of six indexes) and government spending have positive and significant effect on economic growth. GDP last period and trade openness variable have positive and significant effect on economic growth. Inflation variable has negative and significant effect and private investment variable has positive and insignificant effect on economic growth. The effect of both economic growth and government spending is positive and significant. Good governance index resulted from combination of existing six indexes by Principle Components Model, has been estimated in another model and it indicates positive relationship with more effect on economic growth.
Economic Growth
Yousef Mohammadzadeh; Samad Hekmati Farid; Elmira Sharifi
Volume 7, Issue 26 , February 2017, , Pages 97-112
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Although it is generally agreed that there is a role for the government to redistribute income in favor of the poor and provide public goods and services, there is considerable disagreement over how far the government should go in these areas.On this issue, a variety of conflicting theoretical explanations ...
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Although it is generally agreed that there is a role for the government to redistribute income in favor of the poor and provide public goods and services, there is considerable disagreement over how far the government should go in these areas.On this issue, a variety of conflicting theoretical explanations has been advanced that can only be resolved through empiricalinvestigations. According to importance of this issue the important question arises that, what is the effect of government size on good governance and economic performance? This study examines the relationship between government size, good governance and economic performance by estimating dynamic models using panel data from 50 selected countries for the period 1996-2013.The results show that the government size, and inflation have a negative and statistically significant effect on good governance indicator. Also employment index has a positive and significant impact on good governance indicator.The growth model also indicates that the government size has a negative and good governance indicator has a positive effect on economic growth. The interactions effects of government size and good governance indicator show that the size of government through governance indicator has a negative impact on economic growth. Also human development index, foreign direct investment, export and ICT's share of the imported goods have positive and significant effect on economic growth. Shrinking the size of the government and reducing its involvement in the economy, are two key policy recommendations of this study.
Economic Growth
samad hekmati farid; Yosef Mohamad zadeh; Diman Khazali
Volume 6, Issue 22 , January 2016, , Pages 130-119
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The aim of this paper is investigating the effect of business regulations and intellectual property rights on economic performance. More precisely, we attempt to examine this issue for a sample of 46 middle and upper middle income countries over the period 2004-2013. We use the World Bank Doing Business ...
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The aim of this paper is investigating the effect of business regulations and intellectual property rights on economic performance. More precisely, we attempt to examine this issue for a sample of 46 middle and upper middle income countries over the period 2004-2013. We use the World Bank Doing Business indicators as measures of business regulations and panel data model is used for data analyses.
The results show that foreign direct investment, fixed capital formation, good governance (role of law and political stability), intellectual property rights and doing business (starting a business, dealing with construction permits, and getting credit) indexes have the positive and significant effect on economic growth in selected middle and upper middle income countries.
Bahram Sahabi; Mansor Etesami; Khaled Aminpour
Volume 3, Issue 12 , November 2013, , Pages 118-105
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Growth of financial economics literature in recent decades has clearly shown that financial development facilitates economic growth. Important question is that why some countries have more developed financial sectors than others. In this study, effect of government size and good governance on financial ...
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Growth of financial economics literature in recent decades has clearly shown that financial development facilitates economic growth. Important question is that why some countries have more developed financial sectors than others. In this study, effect of government size and good governance on financial development was considered by using statistical data, including 76 developing and developed countries in time period of 1996 to 2011. The relationship between the variables was estimated with Generalized Moment Method (GMM). The results showed that government size and good governance has negative and positive effects on financial sector development, respectively. Also, for the purpose of adapting and improving of the results, effect of government size and good governance on financial sector development was separately examined in developing and developed countries, which supported the previous results. The results confirmed the political view and the analysis of results also demonstrated that inflation has the highest influence on financial sector development in developing countries.
morteza sameti; Homayun Ranjbar; Fazilat Mohseni
Volume 1, Issue 4 , December 2012, , Pages 223-183
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Good governance is a concept that was proposed in the development literature as a key to the development puzzle in the late 90’s. This concept is derived from the theory of institutionalization and is the product of three institutions including government, private sector and civil society. World ...
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Good governance is a concept that was proposed in the development literature as a key to the development puzzle in the late 90’s. This concept is derived from the theory of institutionalization and is the product of three institutions including government, private sector and civil society. World Bank defines good governance based on six indicators including: voice and accountability, political stability, no violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption. This paper has examined the effect of good governance indicators (prepared by the World Bank) on human development index (HDI) as a criterion for development, in ASEAN countries during 2000-2009 by using panel data analysis. UNDP claims that the hdi is superior to per-capita gdp for measuring development. The result finds that among six indicators of good governance, political stability, no violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality and rule of law have positive and statistically significant effect on human development index.
