FIGURE 1 The diffusion of codes of good governance (1992–2005)
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
English-origin legal system
French-origin legal system
German-origin legal system
Scandinavian-origin legal system
Total
TABLE 4 t-tests for difference-of-means on diffusion and scope of codes of good
governance
Common law countries Civil law countries
Years of distance of first code 6.4* (0.88) 8.2 (0.44)
Number of codes issued 5.86* (2.0) 2.89 (0.38)
Code’s scope 0.27* (0.12) 0.55 (0.09)
Number of observations 15 29