ABSTRACT

Recent literature has underlined the role that institutions play in the process of development, making it essential to understand why differences exist in the quality of institutions across countries. The goal of this study is to investigate the determinants of institutional quality. Our results confirm that institutional quality is conditioned by variables that can be modulated by public policy, such as income per capita, international openness, education, taxation, and patterns of income (re)distribution. Our conclusions differ from the pessimistic outlooks of works highlighting deterministic factors, such as colonial or geographical factors, as determinants of institutional quality.

摘要

最近的文献强调了机构在发展过程中所起的作用，因此必须弄清为什么各国之间的机构质量存在差异。这项研究的目的是调查制度质量的决定因素。我们的结果证实，制度质量受可以由公共政策调节的变量制约，例如人均收入，国际开放度，教育程度，税收和收入（再）分配方式。我们的结论与作品的悲观观点不同，后者强调确定性因素，例如殖民或地理因素，是制度质量的决定性因素。