The Long-Term Relationship Between De Jure and De Facto Judicial Independence

Bernd Hayo and Stefan Voigt

MAGKS Papers on Economics from Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung)

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 facto; de jure; long-term panel data analysis; cointegration; Granger causality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D78 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2018
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