A missing spatial link in institutional quality

dc.contributor.authorClaeys, Peter
dc.contributor.authorManca, Fabio
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-16T12:17:36Z
dc.date.available2015-01-16T12:17:36Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2015-01-16T12:17:36Z
dc.description.abstractHistory tells that institutions evolve gradually over time, pushing new ideas across borders and cultures. Globalisation is argued to accelerate this process. We examine the spatial links of different political institutions across borders. Applying various tests for spatial proximity, we do not find evidence of contemporaneous spatial links. This result is robust to various measures of distance and of cultural proximity across countries. Instead, when we analyse long run dynamics diffusion of institutions seems to occur only gradually.
dc.format.extent8 p.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.issn2014-1254
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/61424
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ub.edu/irea/working_papers/2009/200911.pdf
dc.relation.ispartofIREA – Working Papers, 2009, IR09/11
dc.relation.ispartofseries[WP E-IR09/11]
dc.rightscc-by-nc-nd, (c) Claeys et al., 2009
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.sourceDocuments de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA))
dc.subject.classificationGlobalització (Economia)
dc.subject.classificationPolítica
dc.subject.classificationOrganismes internacionals
dc.subject.otherGlobalization (Economics)
dc.subject.otherPractical politics
dc.subject.otherInternational agencies
dc.titleA missing spatial link in institutional quality
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper

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