Date Available
7-5-2019
Year of Publication
2019
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
College
Business and Economics
Department/School/Program
Economics
First Advisor
Dr. Jenny Minier
Abstract
The essays in this dissertation examine how political institutions affect economic development. In the first essay, I examine how executive control of the legislature shapes the time horizon of governing politicians and its effect on economic growth. The second essay examines how border changes over the past two centuries have provided different areas within modern countries with different institutional histories and how this affects the geographic concentration of economic activity. For the final essay, I examine whether elections have an effect on macroeconomic volatility when controlling for the democratic nature of the regime.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2019.324
Recommended Citation
Jonelis, Andrew, "Essays on Institutions and Development" (2019). Theses and Dissertations--Economics. 44.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/economics_etds/44
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