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Helpful Governments

Author:	Amin, Mohammad ;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4557
Country:	World ;	Document Date:	2008/03/01
Doc Name:	Helpful Governments	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Rep Title:	Helpful Governments	Report Number:	WPS4557
SubTopics:	Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures ; Governance Indicators ; National Governance ; Debt Markets ; Legal Products	Topics:	Law and Development ; Public Sector Development ; Governance ; Finance and Financial Sector Development
Unit Owning:	Development Research Group (DECRG)	Volume No:	1 of 1

Abstract: This paper provides an alternative way of testing the theory of legal origins, one based on a firm's perception of how helpful the government is for doing business. The author argues that an approach based on firm perceptions offers a number of advantages over existing studies. Specifically, the analysis demonstrates that heavier regulation in civil law compared with common law countries is not viewed by businesses as an efficient and socially desirable response to disorder. Further, the findings show a strong effect of legal tradition on government helpfulness even after controlling for various institutional measures known to be correlated with the legal tradition of countries. This suggests that there is more to legal tradition than what existing studies have unearthed.

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