Governance Reforms and Growth: Some Ideas from Economic Theory

Avinash Dixit

doi:10.3868/s060-004-015-0025-3

Front. Econ. China ›› 2015, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (4) : 567 -584. DOI: 10.3868/s060-004-015-0025-3

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Governance Reforms and Growth: Some Ideas from Economic Theory

Avinash Dixit

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Ideas from the theory of incentives and organization are deployed to examine how some aspects of economic governance—primarily protection of property rights, enforcement of contracts, and oversight regulation—can be improved for achieving better economic growth and development. Some suggestions for reform of governance institutions in developing countries are offered.

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economic governance / developing countries / governance reforms and growth

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Avinash Dixit. Governance Reforms and Growth: Some Ideas from Economic Theory. Front. Econ. China, 2015, 10(4): 567-584 DOI:10.3868/s060-004-015-0025-3