Government ownership of banks, job creation opportunities and employment growth

Nurullah Gur ()

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 117, issue 2, 509-512

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the effect of government ownership of banks on employment growth. Our empirical results show that government ownership of banks reduces employment growth in industries with higher job creation opportunities.

Keywords: Government-owned banks; Credit market imperfections; Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G18 G28 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.06.039

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