) Courts intervene in politics, including public finance. Specifically, this paper seeks to investigate empirically whether …

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

limitations perception-based indicators or approximations of access to finance by the usage of finance are often used …, disregarding firm-specific differences in the demand for external finance. Using unique firm-level survey data, which provide … for future survey design. -- access to finance ; usage of finance ; credit demand, perceived access to finance …