Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 4 / 2018 (617), Winter
Institutionalized social technologies index: A global perspective
University of Karachi, Pakistan
Qazi Masood AHMED
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan
Abstract. This paper presents an index of institutionalized social technologies covering its two main dimensions namely Risk reducing technologies and Anti Rent seeking technologies and in turn covers several social, institutional, political and economic aspects. Specifically it attempted to classify and measure various types of institutions based on a theoretical framework, these institutional indicators are then aggregated to measure cross country institutional qualities of 141 countries. We also test provide a comparison with other major indices.
Contents
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Institutionalized social technologies index: A global perspective
Sustainability and efficiency of microfinance institutions in South Asia
A revisited causality analysis of Okun’s Law: The case of Turkey
Causality between foreign direct investments and exports in India
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Tax smoothing hypothesis: The Tunisian case
The importance of efficiency for life insurer profit: A study of Canadian life insurance companies
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