Have delayed independence and poor initial institutions been economically costly for Latin Americans?

dc.contributor.advisor	Williams, Miles
dc.contributor.author	Saloga, Clinton W.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-11-23T14:50:02Z
dc.date.available	2011-11-23T14:50:02Z
dc.date.copyright	2011	en
dc.date.issued	2011-05
dc.identifier.other	t11035
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/3971
dc.description	Thesis (M.A.)--Wichita State University, The W. Frank Barton School of Business, Dept. of Economics	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This paper tests the hypothesis that the timing of independence in Latin America and the institutions in place at the time of independence had a joint effect on the developmental paths of the countries. A new variable is presented - the interaction term between the timing of independence and initial institutions, and then tested with Multiple OLS Regressions. The findings support the notion that earlier independence in conjunction with better initial institutions may have had a positive influence on long-term economic growth in Latin American countries using data from 1990-2004.	en_US
dc.format.extent	vii, 23 p.	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Wichita State University	en_US
dc.rights	Copyright 2011 by Clinton W. Saloga. All rights reserved	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Electronic dissertations	en
dc.title	Have delayed independence and poor initial institutions been economically costly for Latin Americans?	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US