The Impact of Economic Securityon Bank Deposits and Investment

July 1, 1998

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Summary

This paper highlights the importance of institutions in explaining the variation of investment rates and of two measures of bank deposits across countries. A general index of economic security is created for 130 countries. Its explanatory power is compared with measures of specific institutional arrangements. For investment as well as for bank deposits, specific institutional factors are shown to be highly significant and outperform the general index.

Subject: Bank deposits, Financial institutions, Financial services, Institutional arrangements for revenue administration, Monetary base, Money, National accounts, Private investment, Revenue administration, Securities

Keywords: Bank Deposits, Caribbean, country, deposit, Eastern Europe, Economic Security, Gastil index, government interference, Ind. country, index hinge, Institutional arrangements for revenue administration, Institutions, Investment, investment rate, Middle East, Middle Eastern country, Monetary base, nonindustrial country, political system, pooling variable, Private investment, Securities, standard deviation, variable, variables researcher, worse-than-average investment performance, WP

Pages:
32
Volume:
1998
DOI:
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Issue:
098
Series:
Working Paper No. 1998/098
Stock No:
WPIEA0981998
ISBN:
9781451852110
ISSN:
1018-5941

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