Institutions Matter?

The main methodological problem in assessing the impact of political institutions on any kind of performance stems from the possibility that institutions may be endogenous. As a result, institutions cannot be matched for the conditions under which they function. Inferences from such non-experimental...

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Published inGovernment and opposition (London) Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 527 - 540
Main Author Przeworski, Adam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Blackwell Publishing 01.10.2004
Cambridge University Press
Subjects
Comparative politics
Contrafactuals
Democracy
Dictatorship
Economic Development
Economic growth rate
Government
Inference
Institutionalism
Institutions
Methodology
Political candidates
Political regimes
Political science
Political Systems
Political theory
Power relations
Universalism
Voter fraud
Voting paradox
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Summary:The main methodological problem in assessing the impact of political institutions on any kind of performance stems from the possibility that institutions may be endogenous. As a result, institutions cannot be matched for the conditions under which they function. Inferences from such non-experimental observations are subject to several biases and, in the end, our conclusions may not be robust. One should not be confident, therefore, that any institutions would function in the same way under conditions different from those from which they are transplanted.
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ISSN:0017-257X
1477-7053
DOI:10.1111/j.1477-7053.2004.00134.x