A missing spatial link in institutional quality

History tells that institutions evolve gradually over time, pushing new ideas across borders and cultures. Globalization is argued to accelerate this process. We examine the spatial links of different political institutions across borders. Applying various tests for spatial proximity, we do not find...

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Published inApplied economics letters Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 223 - 227
Main Authors Claeys, Peter, Manca, Fabio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Taylor & Francis 01.02.2011
Taylor and Francis Journals
Taylor & Francis LLC
SeriesApplied Economics Letters
Subjects
Culture
Economic analysis
Globalization
Institutional change
Measurement
Organization development
Political institutions
Spatial analysis
Studies
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Summary:History tells that institutions evolve gradually over time, pushing new ideas across borders and cultures. Globalization is argued to accelerate this process. We examine the spatial links of different political institutions across borders. Applying various tests for spatial proximity, we do not find evidence of contemporaneous spatial links. This result is robust to various measures of distance and of cultural proximity across countries. Instead, when we analyse long-run dynamics, diffusion of institutions seems to occur only gradually.
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ISSN:1350-4851
1466-4291
DOI:10.1080/13504850903559542