Structural reforms and growth in transition

The present fiscal difficulties of many countries amplify the call for structural reforms. To provide stylized facts on how reforms worked in the past, we quantitatively review 60 studies estimating the relationship between reforms and growth. These studies examine structural reforms carried out in...

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Published in:The economics of transition 2014-01, Vol.22 (1), p.13-42
Main Authors: Babecky, Jan, Havranek, Tomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bayesian model averaging
Economic growth
Economic reform
Economic theory
growth
meta-analysis
Structural reforms
Studies
Transition economies
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Summary:The present fiscal difficulties of many countries amplify the call for structural reforms. To provide stylized facts on how reforms worked in the past, we quantitatively review 60 studies estimating the relationship between reforms and growth. These studies examine structural reforms carried out in 26 transition countries around the world. Our results show that an average reform caused substantial costs in the short run, but had strong positive effects on long‐run growth. Reforms focused on external liberalization proved to be more beneficial than others in both the short and long run. The findings hold even after correction for publication bias and misspecifications present in some primary studies.
ISSN:0967-0750
2577-6975
1468-0351
2577-6983
DOI:10.1111/ecot.12029