Date: 2017
Type: Working Paper
State capacity and economic integration : evidence from the Eastern enlargement
Working Paper, EUI RSCAS, 2017/52, Global Governance Programme-281, European, Transnational and Global Governance
BRUSZT, Laszlo, CAMPOS, Nauro F., State capacity and economic integration : evidence from the Eastern enlargement, EUI RSCAS, 2017/52, Global Governance Programme-281, European, Transnational and Global Governance - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/48387
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We study whether and how economic integration increases state capacity. Despite the recent surge in economist’s interest in state capacity, there remains a lack of theory-based detailed empirical measures. This paper introduces a new panel of institutional reform measures. We present a political economy framework highlighting the Montesquieu, Weber and Smith channels and yielding hypotheses about the judiciary, bureaucracy, and competition policy. Our main finding is that the relationship between bureaucratic independence and judiciary capacity seems to be the main engine of the process of state capacity building engendered by the prospect of European Union membership.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/48387
ISSN: 1028-3625
Series/Number: EUI RSCAS; 2017/52; Global Governance Programme-281; European, Transnational and Global Governance
Keyword(s): State capacity Institutions Deep integration D72 D78 H23 P11 P16