On the Relationship Between Civil Liberties and Socio-Economic Development in Post-Socialist States

• Authors: Anna Lewczuk

Title variants

PL

O zależnościach między swobodami obywatelskimi a rozwojem społeczno-gospodarczym w państwach postsocjalistycznych

Abstracts

PL

W artykule omówiono współzależności między swobodami obywatelskimi de facto a rozwojem społeczno-gospodarczym w krajach postsocjalistycznych Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej. Analiza poświęcona jest trzem kategoriom swobód obywatelskich – „prywatnym” wolnościom obywatelskim, politycznym wolnościom obywatelskim oraz wolnościom odnoszącym się do integralności fizycznej obywateli. Metodologia zastosowana w badaniu składa się z panelowego wektorowego modelu autoregresyjnego. Zidentyfikowano kilka wzajemnych bezpośrednich i pośrednich związków przyczynowych między rozwojem gospodarczym a różnymi typami swobód obywatelskich. Wyniki modelu sugerują, że wzrost gospodarczy jest wrażliwy na zmiany w standardach ochrony swobód obywatelskich oraz że standardy ochrony swobód obywatelskich reagują na zmiany w dynamice wzrostu gospodarczego. Ponadto, uzyskane wyniki sugerują występowanie kilku ekonomicznych i instytucjonalnych kanałów współzależności między swobodami obywatelskimi a rozwojem gospodarczym w państwach postsocjalistycznych. Są to: inwestycje krajowe, łączna produktywność czynników produkcji i niezależność sądownictwa.

EN

This paper addresses the relationship between civil liberties and socio-economic development in post-socialist states in Central and Eastern Europe. Our analysis focuses on three categories of civil liberties: private civil liberties, political civil liberties, and physical integrity rights. The methodology used in the study consists of a panel vector autoregressive model. Our results imply that GDP growth in post-socialist states positively reacts to changes in civil liberties, while civil liberties positively react to changes in GDP growth. Moreover, the outcomes of the model suggest the presence of various intermediaries in the relationship between civil liberties and economic development in post-socialist states. These are domestic investment, foreign direct investment, total factor productivity, and judicial independence.

Keywords

PL

wolności obywatelskie; analiza ekonomiczna; prawa człowieka; ochrona praw; ekonomia konstytucyjna

EN

civil liberties; economic analysis; human rights; rights protection; constitutional economics

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie. Kolegium Analiz Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 306
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 5-29

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Anna Lewczuk

• Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.33119/GN/134626

Biblioteka Nauki

2033250