Institutional Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis with panel data

The hypothesis that institutions directly influence income distribution has been defended by numerous authors. However, it may be observed that institutions are deteriorating in developed economies, which poses the question: could a phenomenon similar to the Kuznets curve be applied? Using the World...

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Main Authors: Martínez Navarro, Diego, Amate Fortes, Ignacio, Guarnido Rueda, Almudena, Oliver Márquez, Francisco José
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Published: Elsevier 2024
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15092
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2022.08.008
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author Martínez Navarro, Diego
Amate Fortes, Ignacio
Guarnido Rueda, Almudena
Oliver Márquez, Francisco José
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Amate Fortes, Ignacio
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description The hypothesis that institutions directly influence income distribution has been defended by numerous authors. However, it may be observed that institutions are deteriorating in developed economies, which poses the question: could a phenomenon similar to the Kuznets curve be applied? Using the Worldwide Governance Indicators’ index of the quality of institutions from the World Bank, and data on per capita GDP from the Maddison project (using a sample of 156 countries in the period of 1996–2015), there appears to be empirical evidence in favour of the existence of an institutional Kuznets curve, using the Prais-Winsten estimation and the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM).
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spelling oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-150922024-01-10T14:06:58Z Institutional Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis with panel data Martínez Navarro, Diego Amate Fortes, Ignacio Guarnido Rueda, Almudena Oliver Márquez, Francisco José Institutions and development The hypothesis that institutions directly influence income distribution has been defended by numerous authors. However, it may be observed that institutions are deteriorating in developed economies, which poses the question: could a phenomenon similar to the Kuznets curve be applied? Using the Worldwide Governance Indicators’ index of the quality of institutions from the World Bank, and data on per capita GDP from the Maddison project (using a sample of 156 countries in the period of 1996–2015), there appears to be empirical evidence in favour of the existence of an institutional Kuznets curve, using the Prais-Winsten estimation and the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM). 2024-01-10T14:06:57Z 2024-01-10T14:06:57Z 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Martínez-Navarro, D., Amate-Fortes, I., Guarnido-Rueda, A., & Oliver-Márquez, F. J. (2022). Institutional Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis with panel data. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 63, 35-39. 0954-349X http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15092 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2022.08.008 en https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0954349X22001230 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Elsevier
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Martínez Navarro, Diego
Amate Fortes, Ignacio
Guarnido Rueda, Almudena
Oliver Márquez, Francisco José
Institutional Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis with panel data
title Institutional Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis with panel data
title_full Institutional Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis with panel data
title_fullStr Institutional Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis with panel data
title_full_unstemmed Institutional Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis with panel data
title_short Institutional Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis with panel data
title_sort institutional kuznets curve? an empirical analysis with panel data
topic Institutions and development
url http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15092
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2022.08.008
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