Institutions and Economic Development

Authors

  • Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Keywords:

Instituciones, Desarrollo económico, Crecimiento económico, Mezzogiorno

Abstract

The paper draws attention to ever greater attention paid when considering the factors behind economic growth at a regional and local level to the institutions there governing. The upsurge in theoretic writings on the subject has gone hand in hand with clinical studies and both clearly indicate the importance of the institutions at the helm when it comes to understanding the course taken by any given local development. From what has been written, the degree of development to be found would seem to tie in with the density of administration governing the same. The author, while going along with this general observation feels it necessary to remark that any an optimum institutional density cannot be generated at will and overnight in such places as have never had the previous advantage of the same.

Published

1999-12-19

How to Cite

Rodríguez-Pose, A. (1999). Institutions and Economic Development. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, (122), 775–784. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/85623

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