The Effect of Markets Efficiency on Economic Resiliency in Selected Countries

The globalization of the economy, the increase in the volume of international investment, and the openness of trade have opened the door of countries economic to the foreign shocks and it has increased the negative effects of these shocks on economic growth. Therefore, increasing economic resilience to counteract the negative effects of these shocks has become a policy priority in different countries, and in the meantime, identifying the factors affecting economic resilience can help policymakers to make the right policies. Therefore, the present study attempted to investigate the impact of goods market efficiency, labor market efficiency and financial market efficiency on economic resilience in two groups of developing and developed selected countries during the period 2014-2018. For this purpose, the research model is estimated using panel data approach and generalized moment method separately for the two groups of selected countries. The results showed that the effect of goods market efficiency, labor market efficiency and financial market efficiency on economic resilience in both groups of selected countries is positive and significant. However, the estimated coefficient of goods market efficiency and labor market efficiency in developing selected countries and the estimated coefficient of financial market efficiency in developed selected countries have been higher. Also, the impact of control variables of institutional quality and innovation on economic resilience in both groups of selected countries is positive and significant.