بررسي رابطه آزادسازي اقتصادي با كارايي دولت در كشورهاي منطقه خاورميانه و شمال افريقا

Economic Liberalization and Government Efficiency: The Case of MENA Countries

Economic liberalization encompasses all the activities which reduce the government control in all fields such as financial, goods, services, and labor markets. The purpose of the present paper is to study the relationship between government efficiency and economic liberalization indices in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for the period 1995-2008. To do so, we use economic liberalization index data from the Heritage Foundation and government efficiency index from the Word Bank. Our findings based on the econometrics estimated panel data method show a positive and significant relationship between government efficiency and economic liberalization. We have also showed that there is no significant difference between the performance of the Iranian economy and the average of the MENA countries.