Investor protections and economic growth

被引:45
作者
Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim [1 ]
机构
[1] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA
关键词
Corporate governance; Investor protection; Self-dealing; Growth; FINANCE; MARKETS; LEGAL; LAW;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2008.12.007
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
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. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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