Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8041-0856
(1996)
Growth and institutional change: the influence of the Spanish regionalisation process on economic performance.
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 14 (1).
pp. 71-87.
ISSN 0263-774X
Abstract
The relationship between institutional change and economic growth has been attracting great attention in recent years. However, despite some notable exceptions, researchers have been wary to approach this topic empirically. This paper represents an empirical attempt to try to unravel the impact on economic performance of what has been one of the most significant processes of institutional change in Western Europe in the past few decades -- the regionalisation process -- by taking the case of Spain, one of the countries where the shift from a highly cen tralised to a decentralised structure has been most profound. Results show that, at least in the early stages, the emergence of the Spanish regional state has had slightly beneficial effects on the relative growth performance of regions achieving the greatest level of autonomy when compared with their growth rates in the high point of Spanish centralism. Nevertheless, it is still too early to assert whether this positive influence will be a long-lasting one or can be attributed mainly to the dynamics of institutional change and, thus, will wane with time.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.envplan.com/C.html |
| Additional Information: | © 1996 Pion |
| Divisions: | European Institute Geography & Environment Spatial Economics Research Centre |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2011 15:26 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2024 05:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/31225 |
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