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Finance, Investment and Growth

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  • Colin Mayer
  • Wendy Carlin

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This paper evaluates relations between industrial activity and the structure of countries

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  • Colin Mayer & Wendy Carlin, 1999. "Finance, Investment and Growth," Economics Series Working Papers 1999-FE-09, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    financial systems; ownership; legal form; growth; investment;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity

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