Legal institutions and financial development
By: Thorsten Beck, Ross Levine.
Contributors: Levine, Ross.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10417; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10417.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Finance -- Law and legislation.
Description: "Why do some countries have growth-enhancing financial systems, while others do not? Why have some countries developed the necessary investor protection laws and contract-enforcement mechanisms to support financial institutions and markets, while others have not? This paper reviews existing research on the role of legal institutions in shaping financial development"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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