. It uses data collected after pioneering works on the law-finance nexus to assess hypotheses resulting there-from in the …This paper assesses how legal-origin influences financial development through regulation quality and the rule of law … policy implications results support the benefits of law channels to financial development in the continent. …

intermediary channels of depth, efficiency, activity and size. Findings show that legal origin matters in the finance …

investor protection law on firm financing decisions and investment activity. Regression estimates indicate that the passage of … of investor protection law is also associated with improvements in operating performance and market valuations …

across the different ethnic groups studied. Once started, we found that the sources of additional finance available to these …