Beck, Thorsten; Demirg????-Kunt, Asli; Levine, Ross - 2013
Why does a country's legal origin influence its firms' access to finance? Using data from over 4,000 firms in 38 … external finance than firms in common law countries. Next, their results indicate that French legal origin countries tend to … firms face in contracting for external finance than the political independence of the judiciary. So, they distinguish among …