Political instability and economic growth: Evidence from two decades of transition in CEE

Gurgul, Henryk and Lach, Łukasz (2013): Political instability and economic growth: Evidence from two decades of transition in CEE. Published in: Communist and Post-Communist Studies , Vol. 46, No. 2 (2013): pp. 189-202.

Abstract

This paper examines the nexus between political instability and economic growth in 10 CEE countries in transition in the period 1990-2009. Our results support the contention that political instability defined as a propensity for government change had a negative impact on growth. On the other hand, there was no causality in the opposite direction. A sensitivity analysis based on the application of a few hundred different variants of the initial econometric model confirmed the abovementioned findings only in the case where major government changes were applied to the definition of political instability.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: political instability, economic growth, CEE transition economies
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O10 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O40 - General

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