Government quality and spatial inequality: A cross-country analysis

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés and Roberto Ezcurra
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

No 9719, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between government quality and spatial inequality across 46 countries over the period 1996-2006. The results of the analysis point to the existence of a negative and significant association between government quality and the magnitude of regional disparities. Countries with better quality of government register lower levels of spatial inequality. This finding is robust to the inclusion in the analysis of additional explanatory variables that may aff ect both regional disparities and governance outcomes. The observed link between government quality and spatial inequality is confirmed by various robustness tests.

Keywords: Government quality; Spatial inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-11
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