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Does democracy foster financial development? An empirical analysis

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ECONOMICS LETTERS
Volume 112, Issue 3, Pages 262-265

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.05.012

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Democracy; Institutions; Financial development

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This paper examines whether democracy promotes financial development. While cross-section results show a positive association between democracy and bank development, this relationship disappears in panel regressions. The data also reveals that democracy is not positively related to stock market development. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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