Beyond Legal Origin and Checks and Balances : Political Credibility, Citizen Information, and Financial Sector Development

Beyond Legal Origin and Checks and Balances : Political Credibility, Citizen Information, and Financial Sector Development

The existing literature emphasizes and contrasts the role of political checks and balances and legal origin in determining the pace of financial sector development. This paper expands substantially on one aspect of this debate: the fact that govern...

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Main Author: Keefer, Philip
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BALANCE SHEETS
BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY
CHECKS AND BALANCES
CIVIL LAW
COMMON LAW
COMPETITIVENESS
CORRUPTION
CREDIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS
CREDIBILITY OF GOVERNMENTS
DEMOCRACY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMY LITERATURE
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL WORK
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
EXPROPRIATION
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
GDP
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
GOVERNMENT COALITION
GOVERNMENT POLICY
GROWTH EQUATIONS
GROWTH LITERATURE
INCUMBENT
INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INTEREST GROUP
INTEREST RATES
LEGAL SYSTEM
LEGAL SYSTEMS
MONETARY POLICY
NATIONAL DEFENSE
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY MAKING
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL COMPETITION
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL OUTCOMES
POLITICAL RISK
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROTECTION OF PRIVATE
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOOD PROVISION
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
REGULATORY DECISIONS
RULE OF LAW
SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOCIAL COSTS
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
VETO
VOTERS
VOTING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7419560/beyond-legal-origin-checks-balances-political-credibility-citizen-information-financial-sector-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7204

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7419560/beyond-legal-origin-checks-balances-political-credibility-citizen-information-financial-sector-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7204

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