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Comparative Economic Studies (2006) 48, 77–99. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100072

Economic Systems of Developing Nations

Frederic L Pryor1,

1Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA. E-mail: fpryor1@swarthmore.edu

I thank Walter Park, Dennis Quinn, and A Maria Toyoda for supplying data. I am grateful to Stephen A O'Connell and Zora Pryor for commenting on an early draft of this paper.

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Abstract

This essay employs a database of covering 31 different types of economic institutions for 41 developing nations. Defining an economic system in terms of clusters of complementary institutions and performing a cluster analysis, I derive four different types of economic systems. Then I explore the impact of the economic system on the economic growth, inflation rate, and production volatility of the nations with each system.

Keywords:

economic system, institutions, all developing nations

JEL Classifications:

O-110; O-579; P-510

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