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The political economy of financial development
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Political economy theories of financial development argue that in countries where a narrow elite controls political decisions, financial development may be obstructed to deny access to finance to potential competitors. We use panel data on developed and developing countries from 1975-2000 to examine the effect of a country's democracy characteristics and regime change on financial development. Our results show that regime stability and democracy promote financial development, with additional benefits from fully democratic regimes. Copyright 2008 , Oxford University Press.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Girma, S., & Shortland, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Brunel University of London (GB)
- Venue
- Oxford Economic Papers
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2007-11-21
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 567-596
- ISSN
- 0030-7653 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-3812
- OpenAlex
- W2042327195
- Semantic Scholar
- d8b497d71582bada818fff586b555bd6ee9cd4b7
- Cited by
- 203
- References
- 53
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- FWCI
- 6.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford Economic Papers (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Corruption and Economic Development
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Global Financial Crisis and Policies
- Keywords
- financial development, democracy, regime stability, regime change, political economy of finance, elite control, access to finance, developing countries, developed countries
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