Holdings: Law and Firms' Access to Finance

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Law and Firms' Access to Finance

Why does a country's legal origin influence its firms' access to finance? Using data from over 4,000 firms in 38 countries, the authors show that firms in countries with French legal origin face significantly higher obstacles in accessing...

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Main Authors:	Beck, Thorsten, Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli, Levine, Ross
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGGREGATE INDICATOR APPLICABLE LAW BANKING SECTOR BUREAUCRACY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CASE LAW CIVIL CODES CIVIL LAW CODES COLONIES COMMON LAW COMPARATIVE LAW COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COURT DECISIONS COURT SYSTEM COURTS DISPUTE RESOLUTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FINANCING CONSTRAINTS FOREIGN ENTITY FOREIGN INVESTORS GROWTH RATE INCOME INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUDGES JUDICIAL DECISIONS JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL POWER JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JURISPRUDENCE LAW FIRMS LAW INDICATOR LAWS LEGAL CODES LEGAL DOCTRINE LEGAL FORMALISM LEGAL FORMS LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LEGAL ORIGIN LEGAL ORIGINS LEGAL RIGHTS LEGAL STRUCTURE LEGAL SYSTEM LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGAL TRAINING LEGISLATURE LIQUIDATION LITIGATION MANUFACTURING SECTOR MEASUREMENT ERROR MOTIVATIONS PRIVATE PROPERTY PROPERTY RIGHTS REPRESENTATIVES REVERSE CAUSATION REVOLUTION RULE OF LAW RULINGS STATE POWER STATUTORY RIGHTS SUPREME COURTS AGGREGATE INDEXES POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/3172100/law-firms-access-finance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15630

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/3172100/law-firms-access-finance
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15630