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Why do firms evade taxes? : the role of information sharing and financial sector outreach

Beck, Thorsten; Chen, Lin; Ma, Yue - In: The journal of finance : the journal of the American … 69 (2014) 2, pp. 763-817

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Big bad banks? : the winners and losers from bank deregulation in the United States

Beck, Thorsten; Levine, Ross; Levkov, Alexey - In: The journal of finance : the journal of the American … 65 (2010) 5, pp. 1637-1667

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008668216

The legal origins of financial development : evidence from the Shanghai concessions

Levine, Ross; Chen, Lin; Ma, Chicheng; Xu, Yuchen - In: The journal of finance : the journal of the American … 78 (2023) 6, pp. 3423-3464

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Financial and legal constraints to growth : does firm size matter?

Beck, Thorsten; Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Maksimovic, Vojislav - In: The journal of finance : the journal of the American … 60 (2005) 1, pp. 137-177

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Regulatory arbitrage and international bank flows

Houston, Joel F.; Chen, Lin; Ma, Yue - In: The journal of finance : the journal of the American … 67 (2012) 5, pp. 1845-1895

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Benchmarking Financial Development

Beck, Thorsten; Feyen, Erik; Ize, Alain - 2012

Capitalizing on recent improvements in the availability of cross-country financial sector data, this paper proposes a standard methodology for benchmarking the policy component of financial development. Systematic controls are introduced to isolate main structural country characteristics and a...

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Financial Institutions and Markets across Countries and over Time : Data and Analysis

Beck, Thorsten; Demirg????-Kunt, Asli; Levine, Ross - 2012

This paper introduces the updated and expanded version of the Financial Development and Structure Database and presents recent trends in structure and development of financial institutions and markets across countries. The authors add indicators on banking structure and financial globalization....

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The Typology of Partial Credit Guarantee Funds around the World

Beck, Thorsten; Klapper, Leora F.; Mendoza, Juan Carlos - 2012

countries. They focus on the respective role of government and the private sector and different pricing and risk reduction tools … and management, but less so in risk assessment and recovery. There is a surprisingly low use of risk-based pricing and … limited use of risk management mechanisms. …

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Bank Financing for SMEs around the World : Drivers, Obstacles, Business Models, and Lending Practices

Beck, Thorsten; Demirg????-Kunt, Asli; Mart??nez … - 2012

enterprises (SMEs) around the world. They find that banks perceive the SME segment to be highly profitable, but perceive … have set up dedicated departments and decentralized the sale of products to the branches. However, loan approval, risk …

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Creating an Efficient Financial System : Challenges in a Global Economy

Beck, Thorsten - 2012

Financial sector development fosters economic growth and reduces poverty by widening and broadening access to finance and allocating society's savings more efficiently. The author first discusses three pillars on which sound and efficient financial systems are built: macroeconomic stability and...

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