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		| Roberto  Antonietti and Chiara  Burlina | 
	
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		| ''Quality of institutions and standard of living: a panel cointegration analysis'' | 
	
		| ( 2021, Vol. 41 No.3 ) | 
	
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		| Does the quality of its institutions affect the average standard of living in a country? We aim to answer this question by conducting a panel cointegration analysis on a sample of 162 countries and 21 years, from 1996 to 2016. In the long run, the estimates show a mutual (Granger) causal effect between all six constitutive elements of institutional quality considered and GDP per capita, our proxy of a country's standard of living. In the short run, however, GDP per capita is only influenced by voice and accountability, and regulatory quality. | 
	
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		| Keywords: quality of institutions,  standard of living,  panel cointegration,  Granger causality | 
	
		| JEL: O1 - Economic Development: General O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Jun 11 2021 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Sep 18 2021 | 
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