Politics, Investor Protection and Competition
Subject
Finance
Publication Year
2007
Abstract
External finance is critical for less established entrepreneurs, so poor investor protection can hinder competition. We model how lobbying by incumbents may reduce access to finance in countries where politicians are less accountable to voters. In a broad cross-section of countries and industries, we find that (i) the number of producers and entry rates are positively correlated with investor protection in financially dependent sectors, and (ii) countries with more accountable political institutions have better investor protection.
Keywords
Financial Development, Investor protection, Competition, Lobbying, Entry, Cost of Entry
Available on ECCH
No
