intermediary channels of depth, efficiency, activity and size. The findings show that legal origin matters in the finance …

This paper assesses how legal origin influences financial development through regulation quality and the rule of law …. It employs all the dimensions identified by the Financial Development and Structure Database of the World Bank. The law … size. The results broadly support the benefits of law mechanisms in financial development. The findings only show partial …

finance. It is a natural extension of "Law and finance: why does legal origin matter?" by Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç …) hypotheses that English common-law countries tend to have better developed financial intermediaries than French civil-law …

This paper examines interconnections between law, politics and the quality of government in Africa. We investigate …-control, government-effectiveness, voice and accountability, political-stability, regulation quality and the rule of law. Findings show …