Financial development, legal systems and SME finance: Cross-country evidence
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Keywords
Financial development; SME finance; Bank and non-bank financial institutions; Legal system; Short term finance; Long term finance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F65 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Finance
- G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
- G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
- K15 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Civil Law; Common Law
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