Grigorian, David A.Martinez, Albert2014-08-262014-08-262000-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19743The authors empirically test the link between industrial growth and indicators of institutional quality. They find significant evidence that institutional quality affects inindustrial growth in 27 Asian and Latin American countries. Their results suggest that the development of the legal and regulatory framework works its way to industrial growth through both investment and total factor productivity. The implications for policymakers in transition economies: Institution building should complement privatization, public and private investment in education, research and development, and measures to promote foreign direct investment. Specifically, policymakers should try to reduce corruption, eliminate bureacratic barriers, and improve the legal environment and contract enforcement. Special attention should also be given to measures to deepen financial intermediation, improve the financial sector infrastructure, and increase the efficiency of financial transactions.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERSBARRIERS TO ENTRYBENCHMARKBUREAUCRACYBUREAUCRATIC QUALITYBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCAPITAL INVESTMENTSCAPITAL MARKETSCAPITAL STOCKCENTRAL PLANNINGCIVIL LIBERTIESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONTRACT ENFORCEMENTCONVERGENCECORRUPTIONCOUNTRIESCOUNTRY GROWTHCOVARIANCE MATRIXDEPENDENT VARIABLEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDIRECT INVESTMENTECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMISTSELASTICITIESELASTICITYEMPIRICAL ANALYSISEMPIRICAL GROWTH LITERATUREEMPIRICAL LITERATUREEMPLOYMENTENDOGENOUS GROWTHERROR TERMEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATE REGIMESEXPLANATORY VARIABLESEXPORTSFINANCIAL DEPTHFINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL LIBERALIZATIONFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SECTORSFOREIGN ENTRYFOREIGN EXCHANGEGDPGROWTH MODELGROWTH REGRESSIONHUMAN CAPITALIMPORTSINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCREASING RETURNSINCREASING RETURNS TO SCALEINDEPENDENT VARIABLESINDUSTRIAL POLICYINDUSTRIAL SECTORINSTITUTIONAL CHANGEINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKINSTITUTIONAL QUALITYINSTITUTIONAL REFORMSINSTITUTIONAL VARIABLESINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT RATEINVESTMENT RATIOIRREVERSIBILITYLAW INDICATORLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGISLATIONLIQUIDITYLONG RUNLONG-RUN GROWTHM2MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSMACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTSMARGINAL EFFECTMARGINAL PRODUCTMARKET ECONOMIESMONETARY ECONOMICSNEW GROWTH THEORIESOILOUTPUT GROWTHOUTPUT PER CAPITAPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONSPOOR COUNTRIESPOPULATION GROWTHPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIESPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR GROWTHPRODUCTION FUNCTIONPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTIVITYPROPERTY RIGHTSPROTECTIONSPUBLIC GOODREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRELATIVE IMPORTANCERESOURCE ALLOCATIONRETURNS TO SCALERULE OF LAWSAFETY NETSAVINGSSIGNIFICANT EFFECTSIGNIFICANT EVIDENCESTAGFLATIONSTANDARD ERRORSSTREAMSTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGETIME SERIESTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRANSACTION COSTSTRANSITIONTRANSITION COUNTRIESTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSITION ECONOMYVALUATION10.1596/1813-9450-2475