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The Macroeconomic Effects of Legal-Simplification Programmes

UECE Working Paper No. 12/2012

31 Pages Posted: 16 Jul 2013

See all articles by Luís F. Costa

Luís F. Costa

ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management of Universidade de Lisboa; REM - Research in Economics and Mathematics; UECE - Research Unit on Complexity and Economics

Miguel St. Aubyn

Technical University of Lisbon - ISEG (School of Economics and Management); UECE (Research Unit on Complexity and Economics)

Date Written: February 2012

Abstract

Legal simplification may improve the quality of institutions in industrialised countries that developed over-complex legal systems. In theory, this type of regulatory reform promotes economic efficiency, leading to higher levels of productivity and output. In this paper we use a Panel Factor-Augmented VAR approach to measure the long-run impact of legal-simplification programmes in total factor productivity. We identify shocks using data on regulatory quality and exploring qualitative information publicly available. The estimated long-run impact on total factor productivity of a typical programme is significant and about 0.6 per cent.

Keywords: legal simplification, regulatory reform, FAVAR, productivity

JEL Classification: E02, K10, K20, K40, O43, O47

Suggested Citation

Costa, Luís Filipe Pereira da and St. Aubyn, Miguel, The Macroeconomic Effects of Legal-Simplification Programmes (February 2012). UECE Working Paper No. 12/2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2294170 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2294170

Luís Filipe Pereira da Costa

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Miguel St. Aubyn (Contact Author)

Technical University of Lisbon - ISEG (School of Economics and Management) ( email )

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1200-071 Lisboa
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1249-078 Lisboa
Portugal
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