Financial sector development and access to finance: Does size say it all?

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 316-337

  Gimet, Céline ^a,b,c,d   Lagoarde Segot, Thomas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2   (France)

^c GATE Lyon Saint Etienne   (France)

^d IEP Aix en Provence   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Finance; GMM; Institutions; PVEC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864393732     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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