Impact Of Institutional Quality On Human Rights Abuses In Transition Economies

Purpose of this paper is to examine the direct effects of institutional quality on human rights abuses in transition economies. The authors make use of an alternative empirical approach for evaluation of institutional system's development in transition economies developed by Chousa et al. (2005). To assess this relationship, along with institutional quality index, which is an operational indicator of institutional system dynamics to observe institutional reforms-economic growth interdependence, they also construct cost of decline in institutional quality and transition from communist to reforms years variables. They also evaluate the effect of institutional quality on human rights abuses conditioned by the level of transition from communist to reforms years.