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Does Governance Matter? Yes, No or Maybe: Some Evidence from Developing Asia
Author(s) -
Quibria M.G.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
kyklos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1467-6435
pISSN - 0023-5962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2006.00322.x
Subject(s) - corporate governance , economics , developing country , state (computer science) , development economics , economic system , monetary economics , economic growth , finance , algorithm , computer science
SUMMARY This paper seeks to explore the relationship between economic growth and governance performance in Asian developing economies. This exploration yields some interesting conclusions. First, notwithstanding its tremendous economic achievements, the state of governance in Asia is not stellar by international comparison. Indeed, the majority of these countries seem to suffer from a governance deficit. Second, contrary to our expectations, data do not suggest any strong positive link between governance and growth: paradoxically, countries that exhibit surpluses in governance on average grew much slower than those with deficits. The paper ends with some conjecture about this apparent paradox.