The Quality of the Legal System, Firm Ownership, and Firm Size

The Quality of the Legal System, Firm Ownership, and Firm Size

Employment in developing countries is disproportionately concentrated in very small firms. The authors examine the extent to which the distribution of firm size is related to the quality of the legal system using data from Mexico. They combine Luca...

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Main Authors: Laeven, Luc, Woodruff, Christopher
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
BANKING SYSTEMS
CAPITAL EMPLOYED
CAPITAL MARKETS
COAL
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CORPORATION
CORPORATIONS
COST OF CAPITAL
COUNSEL
DEBT
EMPLOYMENT
ENTREPRENEURS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUITY INVESTMENTS
EXPANSION
FIRM SIZE
FISHING
FIXED COSTS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
LAWS
LAWYERS
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGISLATION
MARGINAL PRODUCT
NEW ENTRANTS
OIL
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFITABILITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RETURNS TO SCALE
SIZE OF FIRMS
SMALL FIRMS
WAGE RATES EMPLOYMENT
COMPANIES
PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
LEGAL SYSTEMS
EMPLOYERS
PROPRIETORSHIPS
JUSTICE
ENFORCEMENT
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES EMPLOYMENT
NARCOTICS TRAFFIC
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4065898/quality-legal-system-firm-ownership-firm-size
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14120

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4065898/quality-legal-system-firm-ownership-firm-size
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14120

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