The economic impact of legislative complexity and corruption: A cross‐country analysis
本文通过构建国际可比的立法复杂性指数，对67个国家1995-2015年的数据进行分析，发现立法复杂性会制约经济增长，且在长期自由民主国家中，它会导致收入分配不利于较贫困的社会阶层。
Abstract This article analyses the relationship between corruption and legislative complexity, their impact on growth rate, and per capita income distribution. An econometric analysis is performed using a new index of legislative complexity, built in a way that makes it internationally comparable. In the dataset, 67 countries are considered, for a period of 21 years from 1995 to 2015. The OLS and 2SLS regressions are provided. The results of the econometric analysis support the hypothesis that legislative complexity is a constraint to growth, and that in countries with a long history of liberal democracy legislative complexity determines an income redistribution to the detriment of the poorer social classes.