The long-term relationship between de jure and de facto judicial independence

Bernd Hayo and Stefan Voigt

Economics Letters, 2019, vol. 183, issue C, -

Abstract: We study the long-term and dynamic relationship between de jure and de facto judicial independence using a large panel dataset covering up to 87 countries and as many as 61 years. In line with the prevailing theoretical view in the literature, our analysis shows a positive relationship between these variables. However, the magnitude of the relationship is quite small. The positive relationship between the two variables is primarily driven by non-OECD countries.

Keywords: Judicial independence; de jure; de facto; Long-term panel data analysis; Cointegration; Granger causality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D K (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108603

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