Browsing by Subject "Institutional quality"

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    Corruption, quality of institutions and growth
    (Emerald, 2023) Arielle Beyaert; García Solanes, José; López Gómez, Laura; Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y la Empresa; Fundamentos del Análisis Económico
    Purpose This paper aims to apply regression-tree analysis to capture the nonlinear effects of corruption on economic growth. Using data of 103 countries for the period 1996–2017, the authors endogenously detect two distinct areas in corruption quality in which the members share the same model of economic growth. Design/methodology/approach The authors apply regression tree analysis to capture the nonlinearity of the influences. This methodology allows us to split endogenously the whole sample of countries and characterize the different ways through which corruption impacts economic growth in each group of countries. Findings The traditional determinants of economic growth have different impacts on countries depending on their level of corruption, which, in turn, confirms the parameter heterogeneity of the Solow model found in other strands of the literature. Originality/value The authors apply a new approach to a worldwide sample obtaining novel results.
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    Sistemas de Garantía de Calidad en Centros de Educación Superior
    (2014-08-01) Ríos de Deus, Mª Paula
    The concern of the universities for the institutional quality and changes in Spanish legislation have been the starting point for the design and implementation of quality assurance systems (QAS) in higher education institutions, through the AUDIT Program. AUDIT has been designed, following the guidelines of ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) with the aim of covering all dimensions and interest groups involved in the learning process, by the "Axencia para a Calidade do Sistema Universitario de Galicia" (ACSUG), the "Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación" (ANECA) and the "Agéncia per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya" (AQU Catalunya), subsequently joined the "Euskal Unibertsitate Sistemaren Kalitate Agentzia" (UNIBASQ). Officially is presented to universities in 2007 to provide guidelines for the design, development and implementation of the QAS and implement procedures of recognition of the design and certification of the implementation. Very remarkable is the high degree of participation of universities in AUDIT. Between 2007 and 2013 participated in the evaluation of the design of the QAS 62 Spanish universities (80,5%). Currently, the certification of the implementation has begun.