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Thorsten Beck
Researcher at Economic Policy Institute
Publications - 387
Citations - 67984
Thorsten Beck is an academic researcher from Economic Policy Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Financial intermediary & Access to finance. The author has an hindex of 99, co-authored 373 publications receiving 62708 citations. Previous affiliations of Thorsten Beck include European University Institute & Center for Economic and Policy Research.
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Financial Intermediation and Growth: Causality and Causes
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate whether the level of development of financial intermediaries exerts a casual influence on economic growth, and they find that financial intermediary development has a large causal impact on growth.
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Financial intermediation and growth: Causality and causes ☆
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate whether the level of development of financial intermediaries exerts a casual influence on economic growth and whether cross-country differences in legal and accounting systems (such as creditor rights, contract enforcement, and accounting standards) explain differences in financial development.
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Finance and the Sources of Growth
TL;DR: Beck, Levine, and Loayza as mentioned in this paper evaluate whether the level of development in the banking sector exerts a causal impact on economic growth and its sources- total factor productivity growth, physical capital accumulation, and private saving.
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New tools in comparative political economy : the database of political institutions
TL;DR: The database of political institutions as discussed by the authors covers 177 countries over 21 years, 1975-95, and introduces several measures of checks and balances, tenure and stability, identification of party affiliation with government or opposition, and fragmentation of opposition and government parties in the legislature.
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Finance and the sources of growth
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate whether the level of development in the banking sector exerts a causal impact on economic growth and its sources-total factor productivity growth, physical capital accumulation, and private saving.