Institutional Profiles Database III - Presentation of the Institutional Profiles Database 2009 (IPD 2009)

This document presents an overview of the Institutional Profiles Database (IPD) 2009. The IPD offers researchers a quantitative evaluation of the institutional characteristics of 123 countries covering 99% of global GDP and 96% of the world population. The database is oriented towards the analysis of the relationship between institutional attributes and long-term economic growth. The IPD 2009 is the third edition (earlier versions appeared in 2001 and 2006), and a fourth edition is planned for 2012.