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.

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Main Author: Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5815
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spelling okr-10986-58152021-04-23T14:02:23Z Investor Protections and Economic Growth Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim 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 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. 2012-03-30T07:34:41Z 2012-03-30T07:34:41Z 2009 Journal Article Economics Letters 01651765 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5815 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim
Investor Protections and Economic Growth
relation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
description 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.
format Journal Article
author Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim
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title Investor Protections and Economic Growth
title_short Investor Protections and Economic Growth
title_full Investor Protections and Economic Growth
title_fullStr Investor Protections and Economic Growth
title_full_unstemmed Investor Protections and Economic Growth
title_sort investor protections and economic growth
publishDate 2012
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