Corruption,Privatisation and Economic Growth in Post-communist Countries

Abstract

This article empirically investigates the effects of corruption and privatisation on economic growth in the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former USSR. We use a corruption and privatisation augmented open-economy leader–follower endogenous growth model to derive our research hypotheses. In this setting, corruption, privatisation and external openness jointly determine the per capita income in the follower economy. This model predicts that economies with higher shares of private ownership, lower corruption, and higher external openness enjoy higher rates of growth. Our empirical verification of these predictions is based on a panel of 29 post-communist countries during the period 1996–2014. Our estimation results confirm the negative effects of corruption, while the positive effects of privatisation are limited to small-scale privatisation.     

Reviews: Teaching Public Administration in the Nordic Countries: A Review Symposium

Books reviewed:
Christopher Hodgkinson, Administrative Philosophy – Values and Motivations in Administrative Life
Paul Heywood, Political Corruption
D. Farnham, S. Horton, J. Barlow and A. Hondeghem, New Public Managers in Europe: Public Servants in Transition
Lawrence D. Longley and Roger H. Davidson, The New Roles of Parliamentary Committees
Kenneth Armstrong and Simon Bulmer, The Governance of the Single European Market
Gerda Falkner, EU Social Policy in the 1990s. Towards a Corporatist Policy Community
Wyn Grant, The Common Agricultural Policy
Robin Means and Randall Smith, Community Care: Policy and Practice
Peter Bogason, PUMA – The Management Service of the OECD     

热话题与冷思考(十八)--关于"三个代表"与新时期党的建设若干问题的对话

今年是中国共产党成立80周年.80年来,我们党走过了不寻常的道路,也取得了不寻常的成就.在新的形势下,江泽民同志提出了"三个代表"的重要思想.你认为,在这样的情况下,我们应该怎样纪念建党80周年?江泽民同志"三个代表"的思想对新形势下党的建设有什么样的指导意义?     

Myths and Realities of Prison Violence: A Review of the Evidence

In order to distinguish prison myth from reality, the authors examine both official and unofficial estimates of the violence and disorder in prison, as well the dual issues of whether drug abuse and gang activity in prison can be directly linked to the level of violence and disorder in correctional institutions. Based on this review, current responses to prison violence and disorder are examined; the authors argue that the key to reducing the current level of prison violence and disorder is to determine the appropriate tipping point between formal and informal social control mechanisms. The authors conclude by highlighting three distinct strategies for reducing violent incidents in prisons: (1) demand transparency, (2) require evidence-based practice, and (3) implement innovative measures of prison performance and quality.     

发展中国家的经济形势及前景

2003年国际政治形势复杂多变,各种矛盾相互交织,世界局部地区战争接二连三、地区动荡加剧,恐怖活动猖獗,国际经济环境存在着许多不稳定和不确定的因素.在持续动荡的国际形势下,全球经济出现了新的转机.从2003年下半年以来,全球经济复苏步伐明显加快,由于各地区和国家经济存在着差异,经济复苏也各不相同.随着全球经济的复苏,发展中国家的经济发展也随之呈现好的态势.     

发展中国家政党体制面临的挑战及未来走势

政党政治在大多数发展中国家实行时间并不长,政党．体制的成熟和完善还需一个较长的过程。当前,由于国际和国内形势的深刻变化,无论采取何种政党体制,发展中国家都不同程度地出现了这样或那样的问题,面临诸多考验。     

发展中国家人才外流现状及中国对策

人才外流一词首次出现在1958年,它是指英国学者和科学家移民美国这种现象,后来被广泛用来形容人力资源的国际转移,也就是熟练劳动力（如科学家、工程师、高级技术工人等）从一个国家移民到另一个国家。后来该词汇主要指发展中国家人才流失到发达国家这种现象。1961—1972年期间发展中国家有30万熟练工人移居西方国家,1990年美国统计资料显示,     

Behavioural Development Economics: Lessons from Field Labs in the Developing World

Explanations of poverty, growth and development depend on the assumptions made about individual preferences and the willingness to engage in strategic behaviour. Economic experiments, especially those conducted in the field, have begun to paint a picture of economic agents in developing communities that is at variance with the traditional portrait. We review this growing literature with an eye towards preference-related experiments conducted in the field. We also offer lessons on what development economists might learn from experiments. We conclude by sharing our thoughts on how to conduct experiments in the field and then offer a few ideas for future research.     

发展中国家的安全状况及其前景

冷战后,发展中国家在安全领 域面临前所未有的复杂局面,内外安全方面的不确定性增加,各种突发事件猝不及防。世界安全的矛盾焦点也在向发展中国家集中。发展中国家维护国家综合安全的难度和压力空前加大,许多国家已陷入日趋艰难复杂的安全困境中。伊拉克战争的爆发,成为发展中国家安全现状的一个活生生的注脚。     

发展中国家政党体制类型及利弊分析

发展中国家政党体制多种多样，且不断变化，梳理其类型和运作方式、比较其优势和不足，对于理解政党在发展中国家政治、社会生活中的地位和作用及各政党之间的相互关系，把握发展中国家政党政治变化的特点和规律都有重要意义。     

International Financial Crisis and Development Models of the Developing Countries

In the past one or two years most developing countries have implemented various types of anti-crisis measures. These measures are quite effective, but they should not be regarded as efforts to abandon the current models. Taking into consideration of today’s global financial crisis and also the past experience and lessons of the developing countries in pursuing economic and social progress, developing countries should pay more attention to the following points when they adjust and improve their development models in the post-crisis era: take a positive attitude towards globalization; deal properly the relationship between government intervention and market mechanism; adhere to outward orientation; encourage financial innovation; seek a green recovery; never neglect the imperative need of promoting social development.     

Trade Liberalisation and Export Performance in Selected Developing Countries

This article examines the impact of trade liberalisation on export growth for a sample of 22 developing economies. The research applies dynamic panel data models based on fixed-effects and generalised methods of moments (GMM) estimators. In addition, heterogeneous panels for the complete sample, as well as for different regions of the world, are estimated using a time-series/cross-section technique. The main findings are that trade liberalisation is a significant determinant of export performance, but its effect varies across continents. Export duties have a small detrimental effect on export growth, while relative price changes and world income growth have the expected signs.