What drives international financial flows? Politics, institutions and other determinants

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-281

  Papaioannou, Elias ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; Capital flows; Institutions; International finance; Law and finance; Politics

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CAPITAL FLOW; CORRELATION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MODELING; PANEL DATA; WORLD BANK;

EID: 57049167599     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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