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The Role of Finance in Economic Development : Benefits, Risks, and Politics
Beck, Thorsten - 2011
Theoretical and empirical research has shown that a sound and effective financial system is critical for economic development and growth. The financial system, however, is also subject to boom and bust cycles and fragility, with negative repercussions for the real economy. Further, the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117353
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The Role of Finance in Economic Development : Benefits, Risks, and Politics
Beck, Thorsten - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011
Abstract: Theoretical and empirical research has shown that a sound and effective financial system is critical for economic development and growth. The financial system, however, is also subject to boom and bust cycles and fragility, with negative repercussions for the real economy. Further, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092153
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Is More Finance Better? Disentangling Intermediation and Size Effects of Financial Systems
Beck, Thorsten - 2012
Financial systems all over the world have grown dramatically over recent decades. But is more finance necessarily better? And what concept of finance – the size of the financial sector, including both intermediation and other auxiliary 'non-intermediation' activities, or a focus on traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103381
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Why Do Firms Evade Taxes? The Role of Information Sharing and Financial Sector Outreach
Beck, Thorsten - 2010
Informality is a wide-spread phenomenon across the globe. We show that firms in countries with better information sharing systems and greater financial sector outreach evade taxes to a lesser degree, an effect that is stronger for smaller firms, firms in smaller cities and towns, and firms in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138702
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Bank Competition And Financial Stability : Friends Or Foes?
Beck, Thorsten - 2008
, while cross-country studies point mostly to a positive relationship between competition and stability in the banking system …. Where liberalization and unfettered competition have resulted in fragility, this has been mostly the consequence of … regulatory and supervisory failures. The advantages of competition for an efficient and inclusive financial system are strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521103
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Bank Competition and Financial Stability : Friends or Foes?
Beck, Thorsten - 2012
, while cross-country studies point mostly to a positive relationship between competition and stability in the banking system …. Where liberalization and unfettered competition have resulted in fragility, this has been mostly the consequence of … regulatory and supervisory failures. The advantages of competition for an efficient and inclusive financial system are strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552447
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Informality and access to finance : evidence from India
Beck, Thorsten; Hoseini, Mohammad - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283895
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Finance, law and poverty : evidence from India
Ayyagari, Meghana; Beck, Thorsten; Hoseini, Mohammad - In: The journal of corporate finance : contracting, … 60 (2020), pp. 1-25
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Finance and poverty . evidence from India
Ayyagari, Meghana; Beck, Thorsten; Hoseini, Mohammad - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767406
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Financial inclusion in Asia : an overview
Ayyagari, Meghana; Beck, Thorsten - 2015
This paper provides an analysis of financial development and inclusion in developing Asia using data from a wide array of sources. We show that in terms of aggregate measures of financial development, the region as a whole has superior banking sector depth compared to other developing regions;...
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