Finance, Firm Size, and Growth

Finance, Firm Size, and Growth

The authors examine whether financial development boosts the growth of small firms more than large firms and hence provides information on the mechanisms through which financial development fosters aggregate economic growth. They define an industry's technological firm size as the firm size imp...

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Main Authors: Beck, Thorsten, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Laeven, Luc, Levine, Ross
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ASSETS
BENCHMARK
CAPITALIZATION
CENTRAL BANK
COMPARATIVE STUDIES
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SIZE
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
EMPLOYMENT
ENDOGENEITY
EXPORTS
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FIXED COSTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GROWTH RATE
HIGH LEVELS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
INTERMEDIARIES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR MARKETS
LIQUIDITY
MONOPOLIES
MORTALITY
NET SALES
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC POLICIES
RISK MANAGEMENT
SAVINGS
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
VALUE ADDED
WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5588007/finance-firm-size-growth
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8959

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5588007/finance-firm-size-growth
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8959

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