Leader Value Added : Assessing the Growth Contribution of Individual National Leaders (English)

Previous literature suggests that leaders matter for growth in general. This paper asks which leaders matter and develops a methodology to estimate the growth contribution of individual leaders and calculate its precision. The findings show that few leaders have statistically significant contributions; it is difficult to know who is good for growth and who is not. The paper also finds that the most intuitive estimate of a leader's contribution --...

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Easterly,William R.;

Pennings,Steven Michael;
Document Date
2020/04/16
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9215
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2020/04/16
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Leader Value Added : Assessing the Growth Contribution of Individual National Leaders
Keywords
econometric analysis of cross section

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Easterly,William R.; Pennings,Steven Michael.

Leader Value Added : Assessing the Growth Contribution of Individual National Leaders (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9215 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/787101587041484119

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