The political economy of finance

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Publication date 2007
Number of pages 59
Publisher Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract This survey reviews the recent literature on the political economy of financial development. Our goal is to highlight the impact of political institutions on financial structure, broadly defined to include not just the size of capital markets and banking systems but also the accessibility of finance, which is to say its distribution across firms and individuals.

Document type Working paper
Note Gebeurtenis: Working Paper prepared for the "A Review of Comparative Governance Systems: The Role of Financial Institutions in Corporate Governance", 3-5 April 2008 in Sicily, Italy
Language English
Published at http://fic.wharton.upenn.edu/fic/sicily/19%20haberperotti.pdf
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