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Political Foundations of Economic Management

Political Foundations of Economic Management. Economic development. Factors promote growth and development Political stability Political consensus Political freedom Economic freedom. Financial crisis. Cope with causes and consequences of financial crisis political liberalization

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Political Foundations of Economic Management

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  1. Political Foundations of Economic Management

  2. Economic development • Factors promote growth and development • Political stability • Political consensus • Political freedom • Economic freedom

  3. Financial crisis • Cope with causes and consequences of financial crisis • political liberalization • broad-based economic reform

  4. Puzzle of uneven growth

  5. Puzzle of uneven growth • In 1960 the East Asian developing economies had lower per capita income than developing economies in either Latin America or sub-Sahara Africa • 1975-90 real GDP per capita grew 5% a year for East Asian developing economies • 0.04% for Latin America • 0.3% for sub-Sahara Africa

  6. Crisis in South Korea • corporate failures in 1997 • Hanbo Steel, Sammi Steel, & Kia automobile • capital flight • credit downgrading • currency depreciation

  7. Adjustments in South Korea • reform of banking system • improvement in financial sector • modification of labor laws • modification in social security program

  8. South Korea’s Recovery

  9. South Korea’s Recovery

  10. Taiwan and Singapore • less damage from (or less vulnerable to) financial crisis • economic growth slowed down • solid macroeconomic fundamentals • current account surpluses • export of goods and services • low inflation rates

  11. Lessons from Philippines • In 1950s, best performer and most promising economy in East Asia • 1960 - 1997, lowest growth rate (1.4% on average) in East Asia • two periods of negative growth • 1983 - 1986 and 1991 - 1992 • political turmoil and military coups

  12. Economic growth • accumulation of reproducible capital • decisions by individual economic agents • investment • consumption • conditioned and constrained by politics • political instability • political polarization • government repression

  13. Political uncertainty • political instability • likelihood of the current regime being replaced in the future • political polarization • degree of polarization between opposing political parties • uncertainty in the consistency of public policy reduces agents’ incentive to invest

  14. Government repression • Political structural factor • political freedom • human rights • civil rights • economic freedom • property rights • special interests • security of agents’ gain from investment • impose social cost on economic growth

  15. Theoretical hypotheses • Ceteris paribus, • the lower the probability of the survival of the current regime, • the more polarized the policy positions of opposing parties, • the more repressive the government, • the lower the growth rate

  16. Political instability • 0.33 revolutions per year on average • 0.14 without the Philippines

  17. Political freedom • 1975 - 1990 average political freedom level • OECD economies 0.946 • Latin America 0.5 • East Asia 0.454 • sub-Sahara Africa 0.215

  18. Democracy and growth

  19. Democracy and growth

  20. Democracy and growth

  21. Robert J. Barro 1996 • “Democracy and Growth”, in Journal of Economic Growth, volume 1, pages 1 - 27, March 1996. • The middle level of democracy is most favorable to economic growth • The lowest level comes second • The highest level comes third

  22. Economic freedom

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