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Law, finance, economic growth and welfare : why does legal origin matter?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011

This paper proposes and empirically validates four theories of why legal origin influences growth and welfare through finance. It is a natural extension of "Law and finance: why does legal origin matter?" by Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine (2003). We find only partial support...

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Law, Finance, Economic Growth and Welfare : Why Does Legal Origin Matter?

Asongu, Simplice - 2015

This paper proposes and empirically validates four theories of why legal origin influences growth and welfare through finance. It is a natural extension of “Law and finance: why does legal origin matter?” by Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine (2003). We find only partial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032607

The Banking-Sovereign Nexus : Law, Economics & Policy

Turk, Matthew C. - 2017

This Article examines a previously overlooked policy interdependence between the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“Basel Committee”), which results from economic dynamics associated with the “banking-sovereign nexus.” The failure of...

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Legal origin and financial development: new evidence for old claims? : the creditor rights index revisited

Graff, Michael (contributor) - 2008

The "law and finance theory" predicts that the common law system provides the best basis for financial development and … summarises the key points of the theory as well as a number of sceptical views. Moreover, it argues that the theory faces an … and finance theory, its proposition that a common legal tradition implies a similar set of legal rules and procedure to …

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Law and finance: common-law and civil-law countries compared

Graff, Michael (contributor) - 2005

The "law and finance theory" is an ambitious and fascinating attempt to combine insights from the theory of corporate … growth into an encompassing theory, thereby filling important gaps of our understanding of the ultimate causes and linkages …

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How Does Corporate Law Matter? ‘Law and Finance’ and Beyond

Pacces, Alessio M. - 2013

This chapter discusses the law and finance scholarship, from its beginning to its developments into legal research and policymaking. The key issue of the importance of law for finance is illustrated along with the controversy on the law matters proposition. The focus of the chapter, however, is...

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