1.
Governance Matters Iii: Governance Indicators for 1996-2002
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3106
Number of pages: 116
Posted: 18 Jun 2003
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute
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9,478
2.
Seize the State, Seize the Day: State Capture, Corruption and Influence in Transition
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2444
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 12 Oct 2000
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Governance and Public Sector Reform, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
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8,445
3.
Governance Matters
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2196
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 05 Nov 1999
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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8,181
4.
Governance Matters Ii: Updated Indicators for 2000-01
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2772
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 28 Jan 2002
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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5,071
5.
Growth Without Governance
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2928
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 20 Jul 2002
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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4,643
6.
Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Performance: The Case of Chinese Stock Companies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1794
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 07 Dec 1997
Working Paper Series
Amherst College and Peking University
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4,350
7.
Public vs. Private Ownership: The Current State of the Debate
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2420
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 26 Mar 2001
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank (Formerly)
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3,713
8.
The Corporate Governance of Banks: A Concise Discussion of Concepts and Evidence
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3404
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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2,982
9.
The New Comparative Economics
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2002; Yale SOM Working Paper No. ES-24; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3054
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 21 Dec 2004
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, SKEMA Business School, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
There are 3 versions of this paper
The New Comparative Economics
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2002; Yale SOM Working Paper No. ES-24; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3054
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 21 Dec 2004
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2,910
The New Comparative Economics
NBER Working Paper No. w9608
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 05 Apr 2003
Last Revised: 17 Jun 2003
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113
The New Comparative Economics
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3882
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 17 Jun 2003
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13
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2,910
10.
How Tax Policy and Incentives Affect Foreign Direct Investment: A Review
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2509
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS) and World Bank
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2,884
11.
Small- and Medium-Size Enterprise Financing in Eastern Europe
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2933
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, IAE Business School - Universidad Austral and World Bank - Research Department
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2,592
12.
Global Logistics Indicators, Supply Chain Metrics, and Bilateral Trade Patterns
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3773
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 14 Dec 2005
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and delete
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2,245
13.
Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Attract Foreign Direct Investment? Only a BitÂ…And They Could Bite
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3121
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Research Department
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2,061
14.
Financing Small and Medium-Size Enterprises with Factoring: Global Growth and its Potential in Eastern Europe
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3342
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance and World Bank
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1,984
15.
Privatization in Competitive Sectors: The Record to Date
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2860
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Center for Global Development
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1,964
16.
How Foreign Investment Affects Host Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1745
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics and Stockholm School of Economics
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1,960
17.
Infrisk: A Computer Simulation Approach to Risk Management in Infrastructure Project Finance Transactions
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2083
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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1,824
18.
Mutual Fund Investment in Emerging Markets: An Overview
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2529
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 05 Jun 2001
Working Paper Series
George Washington University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Mutual Fund Investment in Emerging Markets: An Overview
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2529
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 05 Jun 2001
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1,756
Mutual Fund Investment in Emerging Markets: An Overview
World Bank Economic Review, Vol, 15, No. 2, August 2001
Posted: 07 May 2002
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1,756
19.
Where Do We Stand on Transport Infrastructure Deregulation and Public-Private Partnership?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3356
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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1,550
20.
Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: Policies Also Matter
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2481
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS)
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1,498
21.
Special Issues Relating to Corporate Governance and Family Control
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3406
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis and National University of Singapore - Business School
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1,478
22.
Small and Medium Enterprises, Growth, and Poverty: Cross-Country Evidence
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3178
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group, City University London - Sir John Cass Business School and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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1,475
23.
Expropriation of Minority Shareholders: Evidence from East Asia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2088
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, Bank for International Settlements, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Finance
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1,450
24.
Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2923
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 08 Jan 2003
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2923
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 08 Jan 2003
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1,449
Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages
American Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 3, June 2004
Posted: 04 Nov 2004
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1,449
25.
The Regulation of Entry
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1904, KSG Working Paper No. 01-015; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2661
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 04 Oct 2000
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), SKEMA Business School, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
There are 4 versions of this paper
The Regulation of Entry
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1904, KSG Working Paper No. 01-015; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2661
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 04 Oct 2000
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1,447
The Regulation of Entry
NBER Working Paper No. w7892
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 08 Sep 2000
Last Revised: 19 Oct 2010
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101
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57
The Regulation of Entry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 01 Dec 2009
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1,447
26.
Development Financing During a Crisis: Securitization of Future Receivables
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2582
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
CompuServe and World Bank
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1,359
27.
Rural and Micro Finance Regulation in Ghana: Implications for Development and Performance of the Industry
THE ECONOMY OF GHANA: ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES ON STABILITY, GROWTH AND POVERTY, Ernest Aryeetey and Ravi Kanbur, eds., Woeli Publishing Services and James Currey, 2008, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 49
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 07 May 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Ghana - Adminstration and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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1,331
28.
Leasing to Support Small Businesses and Microenterprises
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1857
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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1,286
29.
The Impact of Regulation on Growth and Informality Cross-Country Evidence
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3623
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 14 Jul 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Research Department, University of Maryland - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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1,062
30.
Foreign Direct Investment and Poverty Reduction
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2613
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, East West Management Institute, Washington DC and World Bank
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1,048
31.
Issues in Income Tax Reform in Developing Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 267
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Columbia University - Columbia Business School
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1,033
32.
International Cartel Enforcement: Lessons from the 1990s
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2680
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 03 Apr 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
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1,013
33.
Enforcement and Corporate Governance
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3409
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science and Bank for International Settlements
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992
34.
Does Foreign Bank Penetration Reduce Access to Credit in Developing Countries? Evidence from Asking Borrowers
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2716
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 03 Oct 2001
Working Paper Series
Texas A&M International University - A.R. Sanchez Jr., School of Business, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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961
35.
Small-Scale Private Service Providers of Water Supply and Electricity: A Review of Incidence, Structure, Pricing, and Operating Characteristics
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3727
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 17 Oct 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank
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948
36.
Ownership and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Czech Republic
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1737
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 08 Aug 1997
Working Paper Series
Bank for International Settlements, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and World Bank
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947
37.
Toward Better Regulation of Private Pension Funds
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1791
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 31 Jul 1997
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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933
38.
Dynamic Cities and Creative Clusters
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3509
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 03 Feb 2005
Working Paper Series
Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
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912
39.
High-Level Rent-Seeking and Corruption in African Regimes: Theory and Cases
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1780
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Yale Law School and World Bank - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
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901
40.
Privatization: Trends and Recent Developments
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3765
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 16 Nov 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank
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886
41.
Foreign Entry in Turkey's Banking Sector, 1980-97
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2462
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Center for Economics and Econometrics
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862
42.
Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2979
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 27 Jan 2003
Working Paper Series
Technology Policy Institute
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852
43.
The Ability of Banks to Lend to Informationally Opaque Small Businesses
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2656
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 16 Feb 2001
Working Paper Series
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, World Bank and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Ability of Banks to Lend to Informationally Opaque Small Businesses
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2656
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 16 Feb 2001
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838
The Ability of Banks to Lend to Informationally Opaque Small Businesses
Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 25, 2001
Posted: 09 Sep 2001
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838
44.
Corporate Diversification in East Asia: The Role of Ultimate Ownership and Group Affiliation
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2089
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, Bank for International Settlements, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Finance
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793
45.
What Determines the Quality of Institutions?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2764
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank Group
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779
46.
Thailand's Corporate Financing and Governance Structures
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2003
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, Bank for International Settlements and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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775
47.
The Global Growth of Mutual Funds
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3055
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, World Bank, World Bank - Research Department and World Bank - Financial Sector Development
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755
48.
Small and Medium-Size Enterprise Support Policies in Japan
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1403
Number of pages: 90
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Waseda University-Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies and University of Tokyo - Faculty of Economics
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752
49.
The Maturity Structure of Debt: Determinants and Effects on Firms' Performance? Evidence from the United Kingdom and Italy
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1699
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Boston College - Department of Economics and University of Turin - Department of Economics and Financial Sciences G. Prato
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749
50.
Ownership, Competition, and Corruption: Bribe Takers Versus Bribe Payers
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2783
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 28 Jan 2002
Working Paper Series
Texas A&M International University - A.R. Sanchez Jr., School of Business and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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743
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