Institutions and Financial Deepening

Kristine Farla

Review of Economics and Institutions, 2014, vol. 5, issue 2

Abstract: This study investigates the extent to which institutional characteristics are related to countries' level of credit depth. The findings suggest that the development of formal property rights, contracting, and competition institutions is positively related to an increase in credit to the private sector as a ratio of GDP. This result remains robust when controlling for the effect of financial policy. The relation between institutional characteristics and banks' lending capacity and investment is mixed. However, overall, institutional development is positively related to credit deepening and investment.

Keywords: Institutions; Financial Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G18 O11 O43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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