Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17910 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1163
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the quality of property rights and long-term economic growth in an international cross-section of countries in 1975?1995. The empirical tests indicate that the impact of private property rights on growth is positive and simultaneously determined. Correcting for the simultaneity bias reveals a regression coefficient which is quite remarkable: A doubling in the index of the quality of property rights leads to a more than doubling in per capita incomes. In addition, private property rights also impact the 'traditional? determinants of economic growth. Thus it seems appropriate to class private property rights with the ultimate sources of economic growth.
Subjects: 
Economic Growth
Property Rights
Institutions
JEL: 
O40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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