Property rights and finance

被引:523
作者
Johnson, S
McMillan, J
Woodruff, C
机构
[1] MIT, Alfred P Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Grad Sch Business, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] Univ Calif San Diego, Grad Sch Int Relat & Pacific Studies, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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10.1257/000282802762024539
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
Which is the tighter constraint on private sector. investment: weak property rights or limited access to external finance? From a survey of new firms in post-communist countries, we find that weak property rights discourage firms from reinvesting their profits, even when bank loans are available. Where property rights are relatively strong, firms reinvest their profits; where they are relatively weak, entrepreneurs do not want to invest from retained earnings.
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页码:1335 / 1356
页数:22
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