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IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES

Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati () and Artur Tamazian ()

No wp928, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: This purpose of this paper is to examine the direct effects of institutional quality on human rights abuses in transition economies. We make use of an alternative empirical approach for evaluation of institutional system’s development in transition economies developed by Chousa et al. (2005). To assess this relationship, along with institutional quality index, which is an operational indicator of institutional system dynamics to observe institutional reforms-economic growth interdependence, we also construct cost of decline in institutional quality and transition from communist to reforms years variables. We also evaluate the effect of institutional quality on human rights abuses conditioned by the level of transition from communist to reforms years. The empirical work reveals that an improvement in institutional quality increases government respect for human rights. While, any decline in institutional quality leads to human rights abuses. The results also show that government respect for human rights are strongly associated with transition towards reforms years.

Keywords: Institutional Quality; Human Rights; Transition economies. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P20 P24 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages
Date: 2008-06-01
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