Investor Protections and Economic Growth

Investor Protections and Economic Growth

Using objective measures of investor protections in 170 countries, I establish that the level of investor protection matters for cross-country differences in GDP growth: countries with stronger protections tend to grow faster than those with poor investor protections.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Macroeconomics: Production E230
Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy E440
General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation G180
Economic Development: Financial Markets
Saving and Capital Investment
Corporate Finance and Governance O160
Measurement of Economic Growth
Aggregate Productivity
Cross-Country Output Convergence O470
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5815

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5815

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