Finance in Lower Income Countries : An Empirical Exploration /

This paper considers how a comprehensive set of factors relates to financial sector performance in low-income countries (LICs). It finds that corruption and inflation are associated with a shallower and less efficient financial system, while legal origin and characteristics of the supervisory and re...

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Autor principal: Gupta, Poonam
Otros Autores: Detragiache, Enrica, Tressel, Thierry
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/167
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF