Abstract This study examines Kosovo’s attempts to create efficient political and economic institutions while assuming that if these institutions cannot perform well and the market economy will also fail. Thus, the main aim of this paper is to understand the reasons behind institutional and economic failure. A qualitative research approach that we used is based on a longitudinal perspective and a set of secondary data which are analyzed by using Qualitative Content Analysis technique. Our findings suggest that the state-building period which was administrated by the international organizations created problems such as polarizations in views, duality and imbalance in power distribution and illegitimacy of the governing institutions. These problems are more or less reflected in other institutions in the following independence period. Moreover, due to continuing and deepening political fragmentation and tension amongst the local parties, attempts to create well-functioning and supporting institutions have not yet produced fruitful results. With such institutional performance Kosovo has not yet been able to create a functioning market economy and to overcome economic challenges.

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政治经济体制与经济绩效：来自科索沃的证据

摘要本研究考察了科索沃建立有效的政治和经济体制的尝试，同时假设这些体制如果表现不佳，市场经济也会失败。因此，本文的主要目的是了解制度和经济失败的原因。我们使用的定性研究方法是基于纵向透视图和一组辅助数据，这些数据使用定性内容分析技术进行了分析。我们的研究结果表明，由国际组织管理的建国时期造成了问题，例如意见分歧，权力分配的双重性和不平衡以及理事机构的非法性。在接下来的独立时期，这些问题或多或少地反映在其他机构中。此外，由于地方政党之间政治分歧和紧张局势的持续和深化，建立运作良好和支持机构的努力尚未取得丰硕的成果。由于具有这种体制上的表现，科索沃尚未能够建立起运转良好的市场经济并克服经济挑战。