The Quality Effect : Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Capital? /

The study documents evidence of a "quality effect" of financial liberalization on allocative efficiency, which is measured by the dispersion in Tobin's Q across firms. Based on a simple model, the authors predict that financial liberalization, by equalizing access to credit, reduces t...

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Main Author: Abiad, Abdul
Other Authors: Oomes, Nienke, Ueda, Kenichi
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/112
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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