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 biblioteca
Language:EN
Published: 2009
Subjects: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,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5815
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Summary: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.