Political Institutions and Financial Development: An Empirical Study

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1667-1677

  Huang, Yongfu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Political institutions

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PANEL DATA; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 77958473345     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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