Data & Programs
"Smart and Illicit: Who Becomes an Entrepreneur and Do They Earn More?" (with Yona Rubinstein) Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017, May, 132(2): 963-1018.
Data Appendix Appendix Tables Data Programs
"The European Origins of Economic Development." (with William Easterly) Journal of Economic Growth, 2016, 21(3): 225-257.
Data in excel Data in stata Stata program
"Does the Geographic Expansion of Banks Reduce Risk?" (with Martin Goetz and Luc Laeven) Journal of Financial Economics, 2016, 120(2): 346-362.
"Spare Tire? Stock Markets, Banking Crises, and Economic Recoveries" (with Chen Lin and Wensi Xie) Journal of Financial Economics, 2016, 120(1): 81-101.
Data and programs.
"Bank Regulation and Supervision in 180 Countries from 1999 to 2011" (with James Barth and Gerard Caprio) Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2013, April, 5(2), 111-220.
“Financial Development in 205 Countries, 1960 to 2010.” (with Martin ÄŒihák, Aslı Demirgüç-Kunt, and Erik Feyen), Journal of Financial Perspectives, 2013, July, 1(2): 1-19.
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"Big Bad Banks: The Winners and Losers from Bank Deregulation in the United States." (with Thorsten Beck and Alexey Levkov) Journal of Finance, October 2010, 1637-1667.
"Bank Ownership Structure, Regulation, and Risk Taking." (with Luc Laeven) Journal of Financial Economics, 2009.
Discussed in the IMF Research Bulletin and Vox: Governance of Banks.
Data. Program in stata
"Financial Institutions and Markets: Across Countries and Over Time." (with Thorsten Beck and Asli Demirguc-Kunt) World Bank Economic Review, January 2010, 24(1), 77-92.
“Complex Ownership Structures and Corporate Valuations. (with Luc Laeven) Review of Financial Studies, 2008, April, 21(2), 579-604.
Data. Program in stata Appendix Tables
“Finance, Firm Size, and Growth.” (with Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirguc-Kunt, and Luc Laeven) Journal of Money, Banking, and Finance, 2008, October, 40(7), 1371-1405.
Data. Read. Program in stata
"Bank Regulations are Changing: For Better or Worse?" (with James Barth and Gerard Caprio) Comparative Economic Studies, 2008, December, 50(4), 537-563.
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“Is there a Diversification Discount in Financial Conglomerates?” (with Luc Laeven) Journal of Financial Economics, 2007, 85(2), August, 331-367.
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“Governance and Bank Valuation.” (with Gerard Caprio and Luc Laeven) Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2007, 16 584-617.
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“Finance, Inequality, and the Poor.” (Thorsten Beck and Asli Demirguc-Kunt) Journal of Economic Growth, 2007, March, 12(1), 27-49.
Variable Definitions. Data in excel
"Bank Supervision and Corruption in Lending." (with Thorsten Beck and Asli Demirguc-Kunt) Journal of Monetary Economics, 2006, November, 53(8), 2131-2163.
“Bank Concentration, Competition, and Crises: First Results.” (T. Beck and A. Demirguc-Kunt) Journal of Banking and Finance, 30(5), 2006, 1581-1603.
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“Bank Concentration and Fragility: Impact and Mechanics.” (Thorsten Beck and Asli Demirguc-Kunt) in Risk of Financial Institutions, Eds: Mark Carey and Rene Stulz, National Bureau of Economic Research, Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006, 193-231.
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“SMEs, Growth, and Poverty: Cross-Country Evidence.” (Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirguc-Kunt) Journal of Economic Growth, 10(3), September, 2005, 199-229.
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“Aid, Policies, and Growth.” (W. Easterly and D. Roodman) American Economic Review, 94(3), June, 2004, 774-780.
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“Bank Regulation and Supervision: What Works Best?” (with James Barth and Gerard Caprio) Journal of Financial Intermediation, 13, 2004, 205-248.
Data in excel
“Regulations, Market Structure, Institutions, and the Cost of Financial Intermediation.” (with A. Demirguc-Kunt and L. Laeven) Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 36(3), June, 2004, 593-622.
(STATA -data) Program in stata
“Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth: Panel Evidence.” (with Thorsten Beck) Journal of Banking and Finance, 28, 2004, 423-442.
“Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development.” (with William Easterly) Journal of Monetary Economics, 2003, 50(1), 3-40.
“Law, Endowments, and Finance.” (with Thorsten Beck and Asli Demirguc-Kunt) Journal of Financial Economics, 70, 2003, 137-181.
“Law and Finance: Why Does Legal Origin Matter?” (with Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Thorsten Beck) Journal of Comparative Economics, 31(4), December, 2003, 653-676.
“Bank-Based or Market-Based Financial Systems: Which is Better?” Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2002, 11, 1-30. (Selected as Outstanding Paper of the year by the Milken Institute Award, 2001).
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“Financial Intermediation and Growth: Causality and Causes.” (with Thorsten Beck and Norman Loayza) Journal of Monetary Economics, August, 46, 2000, pp. 31-77.
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“Finance and the Sources of Growth.” (with Thorsten Beck and Norman Loayza) Journal of Financial Economics, October, 58(1-2), 2000, 261-300.
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"Stock Markets, Banks, and Economic Growth." (with Sara Zervos), June 1998, American Economic Review.
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