Leora F. Klapper

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1.

Corporate Governance, Investor Protection and Performance in Emerging Markets

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2818
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Mar 2002
Leora F. Klapper and Inessa Love
World Bank and World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG)
Downloads 6,787 (862)
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Corporate Governance, International Finance, Law and Finance

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Measuring Financial Inclusion: The Global Findex Database

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6025
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Leora F. Klapper
World Bank - Development Research Group and World Bank
Downloads 5,654 (1,189)
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Access to Finance, Emerging Markets, Banks & Banking Reform, Economic Theory & Research, E-Business

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Interest Rate Targeting and the Dynamics of Short-Term Rates

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Interest Rate Targeting and the Dynamics of Short-Term Rates

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Feb 1997
Pierluigi Balduzzi, Giuseppe Bertola, Silverio Foresi and Leora F. Klapper
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and World Bank
Downloads 4,430 (1,792)
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Interest Rate Targeting and the Dynamics of Short-Term Rates

NBER Working Paper No. w5944
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2010
Pierluigi Balduzzi, Giuseppe Bertola, Silverio Foresi and Leora F. Klapper
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and World Bank
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Interest Rate Targeting and the Dynamics of Short-Term Rates

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1998)
Posted: 22 Mar 1998
Pierluigi Balduzzi, Giuseppe Bertola, Silverio Foresi and Leora F. Klapper
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and World Bank

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Exchange Rate Risk Management: Evidence from East Asia

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Exchange Rate Risk Management: Evidence from East Asia

Darden Business School Working Paper No. 01-09; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2606
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Nov 2000
George Allayannis, Gregory W. Brown and Leora F. Klapper
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Finance Area and World Bank
Downloads 2,726 (4,120)
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How the Chinese System of Charges and Subsidies Affects Pollution Control Efforts by China's Top Industrial Polluters

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2198
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
George Allayannis and Leora F. Klapper
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business and World Bank
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Sanitation and Sewerage, Water and Industry, Public Health Promotion, Pollution Management & Control, TF030632-DANISH CTF - FY05 (DAC PART COUNTRIES GNP PER CAPITA BELOW USD 2,500/AL, Environmental Economics & Policies

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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
Leora F. Klapper, Virginia Sarria-Allende and Victor Sulla
World Bank, IAE Business School - Universidad Austral and World Bank - Research Department
Downloads 2,636 (4,450)
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The Role of Factoring for Financing Small and Medium Enterprises

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3593
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Jun 2005
Leora F. Klapper
World Bank
Downloads 2,584 (4,603)
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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
Marie H. R. Bakker, Gregory F. Udell and Leora F. Klapper
World Bank, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance and World Bank
Downloads 2,021 (6,961)
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Corporate Governance and Bank Performance: A Joint Analysis of the Static, Selection, and Dynamic Effects of Domestic, Foreign, and State Ownership

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3632
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Jul 2005
Allen N. Berger, George R. G. Clarke, Gregory F. Udell, Robert Cull and Leora F. Klapper
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, Texas A&M International University - A.R. Sanchez Jr., School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank
Downloads 1,814 (8,379)
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Bank, governance, M&A, foreign acquisition, privatization

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The Global Findex Database 2014: Measuring Financial Inclusion Around the World

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7255
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Leora F. Klapper, Dorothe Singer and Peter van Oudheusden
World Bank - Development Research Group, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
Downloads 1,590 (10,373)
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E-Business, Access to Finance, Economic Theory & Research, Competitiveness and Competition Policy, Business in Development

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Financial Inclusion and Legal Discrimination Against Women: Evidence from Developing Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6416
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Leora F. Klapper and Dorothe Singer
World Bank - Development Research Group, World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 1,564 (10,686)
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Access to Finance, Gender and Law, Financial Literacy, Gender and Development, Population Policies

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Financial Inclusion in Africa: An Overview

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6088
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Leora F. Klapper
World Bank - Development Research Group and World Bank
Downloads 1,457 (11,948)
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Access to Finance, Banks & Banking Reform, Emerging Markets, Debt Markets, E-Business

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Bank Competition and Financial Stability

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4696
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Allen N. Berger, Leora F. Klapper and Rima Turk-Ariss
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, World Bank and International Monetary Fund
Downloads 1,303 (14,275)
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Banks & Banking Reform, Debt Markets, Access to Finance, Markets and Market Access

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Resolution of Corporate Distress: Evidence from East Asia's Financial Crisis

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2133
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Sep 1999
Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov and Leora F. Klapper
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and World Bank
Downloads 1,167 (16,908)
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Portfolio Preferences of Foreign Institutional Investors

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 29, No. 12, 2005
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2012
Reena Aggarwal, Leora F. Klapper and Peter D. Wysocki
Georgetown University - Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business, World Bank and Boston University Questrom School of Business
Downloads 1,142 (17,479)
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Institutional Investors, Portfolio Allocations, Emerging Markets, Corporate Governance

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A Firm-Level Analysis of Small and Medium Size Enterprise Financing in Poland

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3984
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper, Virginia Sarria-Allende and Rida Zaidi
World Bank, IAE Business School - Universidad Austral and Fitch Ratings Inc.
Downloads 991 (21,593)
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The Foundations of Financial Inclusion: Understanding Ownership and Use of Formal Accounts

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6290
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Franklin Allen, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Leora F. Klapper and Maria Soledad Martinez Peria
Imperial College London, World Bank - Development Research Group, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Downloads 978 (22,007)
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Access to Finance, Banks & Banking Reform, Emerging Markets, Debt Markets, Economic Theory & Research

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The Ability of Banks to Lend to Informationally Opaque Small Businesses

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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
Allen N. Berger, Leora F. Klapper and Gregory F. Udell
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, World Bank and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance
Downloads 846 (26,703)
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The Ability of Banks to Lend to Informationally Opaque Small Businesses

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 25, 2001
Posted: 09 Sep 2001
Allen N. Berger, Leora F. Klapper and Gregory F. Udell
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, World Bank and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance

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Banks, mergers, foreign ownership, financial distress, multiple lenders

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Bankruptcy Around the World: Explanations of its Relative Use

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2865
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Jun 2003
Stijn Claessens and Leora F. Klapper
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and World Bank
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The Global Growth of Mutual Funds

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3055
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deepthi Fernando, Leora F. Klapper, Victor Sulla and Dimitri Vittas
World Bank, World Bank, World Bank - Research Department and World Bank - Financial Sector Development
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The Impact of Business Environment Reforms on New Firm Registration

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The Impact of Business Environment Reforms on New Firm Registration

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Mar 2011
Leora F. Klapper and Inessa Love
World Bank and World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG)
Downloads 509 (52,830)
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Entrepreneurship, Economic Development, Business Environment, Reforms

The Impact of Business Environment Reforms on New Firm Registration

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5493
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper and Inessa Love
World Bank and World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG)
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Environmental Economics & Policies, E-Business, Enterprise Development & Reform, Competitiveness and Competition Policy, Business in Development

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Corporate Valuation and the Resolution of Bank Insolvency in East Asia

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 39, No. 8-9, 2005
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Mar 2000 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2012
Simeon Djankov, Jan Jindra and Leora F. Klapper
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Division of Economic and Risk Analysis and World Bank
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Further Evidence on the Link between Finance and Growth: An International Analysis of Community Banking and Economic Performance

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Further Evidence on the Link between Finance and Growth: An International Analysis of Community Banking and Economic Performance

FEDS Working Paper No. 2003-47; Bank of Finland Discussion Paper No. 8.2004; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3105
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Aug 2003
Allen N. Berger, Iftekhar Hasan and Leora F. Klapper
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business and World Bank
Downloads 605 (42,224)
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Further Evidence on the Link between Finance and Growth: An International Analysis of Community Banking and Economic Performance

Journal of Financial Services Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 05 Nov 2003
Allen N. Berger, Leora F. Klapper and Iftekhar Hasan
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, World Bank and Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business

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Banks, community banking, SMEs, financial development, economic growth, international

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Bank Ownership Type and Banking Relationships

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3862
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Allen N. Berger, Leora F. Klapper, Maria Soledad Martinez Peria and Rida Zaidi
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Fitch Ratings Inc.
Downloads 603 (43,013)
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Banks & Banking Reform, Financial Intermediation, Financial Crisis Management & Restructuring, Banking Law, Economic Theory & Research

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Ownership Structure and Initial Public Offerings

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3103
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Reena Aggarwal and Leora F. Klapper
Georgetown University - Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business and World Bank
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Trade Credit Contracts

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Trade Credit Contracts

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 May 2010
Leora F. Klapper, Luc Laeven and Raghuram G. Rajan
World Bank, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Trade Credit, Capital Structure, Contract Theory, Risk Management

Trade Credit Contracts

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5328
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper, Luc Laeven and Raghuram G. Rajan
World Bank, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Debt Markets, Access to Finance, Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress, Markets and Market Access, Investment and Investment Climate

Trade Credit Contracts

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5726
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper, Luc Laeven and Raghuram G. Rajan
World Bank, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Debt Markets, Access to Finance, Investment and Investment Climate, Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress, Economic Theory & Research

Trade Credit Contracts

NBER Working Paper No. w17146
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Jun 2011
Leora F. Klapper, Luc Laeven and Raghuram G. Rajan
World Bank, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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What Does 'Entrepreneurship' Data Really Show? A Comparison of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and World Bank Group Datasets

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4667
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Zoltan J. Acs, Sameeksha Desai and Leora F. Klapper
Schar School of Policy and Government, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and World Bank
Downloads 572 (46,082)
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Banks & Banking Reform, E-Business, Access to Finance, Microfinance, Information Security & Privacy

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Entrepreneurship and Firm Formation Across Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4313
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper, Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit, Mauro F. Guillen and Juan Manuel Quesada
World Bank, The Wharton School UPENN, University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and World Bank - Policy Research Department
Downloads 556 (47,790)
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E-Business, Business in Development, Competitiveness and Competition Policy, Business Environment, Access to Finance

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World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey: Data Overview

2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 18 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2014
Leora F. Klapper and Juan Manuel Quesada Delgado
World Bank and World Bank
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Business Environment and Firm Entry: Evidence from International Data

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Business Environment and Firm Entry: Evidence from International Data

World Bank Working Paper No. 3232
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 23 Jun 2004
Leora F. Klapper, Luc Laeven and Raghuram G. Rajan
World Bank, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads 447 (62,178)

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Entry, Regulations

Business Environment and Firm Entry: Evidence from International Data

NBER Working Paper No. w10380
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 01 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 26 May 2004
Leora F. Klapper, Luc Laeven and Raghuram G. Rajan
World Bank, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Business Environment and Firm Entry: Evidence from International Data

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 4366
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 26 May 2004
Leora F. Klapper, Luc Laeven and Raghuram G. Rajan
World Bank, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Business entry, regulation

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Market Power and the Matching of Trade Credit Terms

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4754
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Daniela Fabbri and Leora F. Klapper
University of Lausanne - Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) and World Bank
Downloads 458 (60,990)
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Access to Finance, Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress, Debt Markets, Economic Theory & Research, Banks & Banking Reform

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The Typology of Partial Credit Guarantee Funds Around the World

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4771
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Thorsten Beck, Leora F. Klapper and Juan Carlos Mendoza
City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 452 (61,979)
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Financial Inclusion and the Role of the Post Office

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6630
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Jose Anson, Alexandre Berthaud, Leora F. Klapper and Dorothe Singer
Universal Postal Union, Universal Postal Union, World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 450 (62,319)
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Postal Services, Access to Finance, Emerging Markets, E-Business, Competitiveness and Competition Policy

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The Impact of the Business Environment on the Business Creation Process

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4937
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper, Anat Lewin and Juan Manuel Quesada Delgado
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 449 (62,490)
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E-Business, Competitiveness and Competition Policy, Business in Development, Business Environment, Governance Indicators

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A New Lease on Life: Institutions, External Financing, and Business Growth

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A New Lease on Life: Institutions, External Financing, and Business Growth

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 May 2008 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2013
Gregory W. Brown, Larry W. Chavis and Leora F. Klapper
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Finance Area, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Entrepreneurial Program and World Bank
Downloads 265 (113,045)
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External Finance, Development Finance, Leasing

A New Lease on Life: Institutions, External Financing, and Business Growth

AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 22 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2012
Gregory W. Brown, Larry W. Chavis and Leora F. Klapper
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Finance Area, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Entrepreneurial Program and World Bank
Downloads 167 (176,481)

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External financing, leasing, trade credit

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World Bank Group Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Presentation

2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Nov 2007
Leora F. Klapper and Juan Manuel Quesada Delgado
World Bank and World Bank
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Taxation and Capital Structure: Evidence from a Transition Economy

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Taxation and Capital Structure: Evidence from a Transition Economy

FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, Vol. 68(2), 2012.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2013
Konstantinos Tzioumis and Leora F. Klapper
ALBA Graduate Business School and World Bank
Downloads 256 (117,209)

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Capital structure, Taxation, Transition Economies

Taxation and Capital Structure: Evidence from a Transition Economy

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4753
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper and Konstantinos Tzioumis
World Bank and ALBA Graduate Business School
Downloads 151 (192,395)
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Debt Markets, Taxation & Subsidies, Emerging Markets, Banks & Banking Reform, Access to Finance

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What Drives Corporate Governance Reform? Firm-Level Evidence from Eastern Europe

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3600
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Jun 2005
Leora F. Klapper, Luc Laeven and Inessa Love
World Bank, European Central Bank (ECB) and World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG)
Downloads 376 (77,143)
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American Depositary Receipts (Adr) Holdings of U.S. Based Emerging Market Funds

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3538
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Apr 2005
Reena Aggarwal, Sandeep Dahiya and Leora F. Klapper
Georgetown University - Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University - Department of Finance and World Bank
Downloads 367 (79,389)

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Islamic Finance and Financial Inclusion: Measuring Use of and Demand for Formal Financial Services Among Muslim Adults

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6642
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Leora F. Klapper and Douglas Randall
World Bank - Development Research Group, World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 357 (81,984)
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Access to Finance, Banks & Banking Reform, Islamic Finance, Debt Markets, Emerging Markets

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Financial Literacy and the Financial Crisis

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Financial Literacy and the Financial Crisis

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5980
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper, Annamaria Lusardi and Georgios A. Panos
World Bank, George Washington University - Department of Accountancy and University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School
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Financial Literacy, Access to Finance, Access & Equity in Basic Education, Education For All, Debt Markets

Financial Literacy and the Financial Crisis

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 03/2012-007
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 13 Apr 2012
Leora F. Klapper, Annamaria Lusardi and Georgios A. Panos
World Bank, George Washington University - Department of Accountancy and University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School
Downloads 106 (252,983)
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financial literacy, financial crisis, financial inclusion, Russia

Financial Literacy and the Financial Crisis

NBER Working Paper No. w17930
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 25 Mar 2012
Leora F. Klapper, Annamaria Lusardi and Georgios A. Panos
World Bank, George Washington University - Department of Accountancy and University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School
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Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: Evidence from an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers

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Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: Evidence from an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 13-001
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 06 Jul 2012
Shawn Allen Cole, Martin Kanz and Leora F. Klapper
Harvard Business School, World Bank and World Bank
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loan officer incentives, banking, emerging markets

Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: Evidence from an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 06 Apr 2014
Shawn Allen Cole, Martin Kanz and Leora F. Klapper
Harvard Business School, World Bank and World Bank
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Loan officer incentives, banking, emerging markets

Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking:Evidence from an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6146
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shawn Allen Cole, Martin Kanz and Leora F. Klapper
Harvard Business School, World Bank and World Bank
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Debt Markets, Access to Finance, Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress, Banks & Banking Reform, Microfinance

Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: Evidence from an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers

NBER Working Paper No. w19472
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Sep 2013
Shawn Allen Cole, Martin Kanz and Leora F. Klapper
Harvard Business School, World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 3 (649,546)
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Financing Businesses in Africa: The Role of Microfinance

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5975
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shilpa Aggarwal, Leora F. Klapper and Dorothe Singer
affiliation not provided to SSRN, World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 310 (96,040)
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Access to Finance, Banks & Banking Reform, Debt Markets, Financial Intermediation, Emerging Markets

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The Uniqueness of Short-Term Collateralization

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2544
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Apr 2001
Leora F. Klapper
World Bank
Downloads 262 (114,947)
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Financial Literacy and the Financial Crisis: Evidence from Russia

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Mar 2011
Leora F. Klapper, Annamaria Lusardi and Georgios A. Panos
World Bank, George Washington University - Department of Accountancy and University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School
Downloads 243 (124,667)
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Personal Finance, Financial Literacy, Russia, Financial Crisis

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Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning: The Russian Case

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Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning: The Russian Case

University of Essex CER Working Paper No. 3
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Jan 2012
Leora F. Klapper and Georgios A. Panos
World Bank and University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School
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Financial Literacy, Retirement Planning, Pensions, Russia

Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning: The Russian Case

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5827
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper and Georgios A. Panos
World Bank and University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School
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Financial Literacy, Pensions & Retirement Systems, Emerging Markets, Debt Markets, Gender and Law

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The Impact of the Business Environment on Young Firm Financing

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5322
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Larry W. Chavis, Leora F. Klapper and Inessa Love
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Entrepreneurial Program, World Bank and World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG)
Downloads 197 (152,011)
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Access to Finance, Debt Markets, Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress, Banks & Banking Reform, Financial Intermediation

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Who Survives? A Cross-Country Comparison

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Jun 2007
Leora F. Klapper and Sandeep Dahiya
World Bank and Georgetown University - Department of Finance
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bankruptcy, capital structure, corporate governance, law and finance

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Legal Effectiveness and External Capital: The Role of Foreign Debt

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3530
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Jul 2004
George Allayannis, Gregory W. Brown and Leora F. Klapper
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Finance Area and World Bank
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Foreign currency debt, legal origin

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Entrepreneurship in Post-Conflict Transition : The Role of Informality and Access to Finance

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4935
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Leora F. Klapper and Georgios A. Panos
World Bank - Development Research Group, World Bank and University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School
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Access to Finance, Labor Markets, Banks & Banking Reform, Labor Policies

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The Challenges of Bankruptcy Reform

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5448
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Elena Cirmizi, Leora F. Klapper and Mahesh Uttamchandani
affiliation not provided to SSRN, World Bank and World Bank - Investment Climate Advisory Services
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Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress, Debt Markets, Access to Finance, Deposit Insurance, Banks & Banking Reform

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2008 World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey: The Impact of Modernized Business Registries

Kauffman Foundation Other Research
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 17 Aug 2009
Leora F. Klapper, Juan Manuel Quesada Delgado and Anat Lewin
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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data, entrepreneurial, world bank

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The Impact of the Financial Crisis on New Firm Registration

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5444
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper and Inessa Love
World Bank and World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG)
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Governance Indicators, E-Business, Emerging Markets, Environmental Economics & Policies, Economic Theory & Research

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Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning in View of a Growing Youth Demographic: The Russian Case

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 01/2011-017
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Apr 2011
Leora F. Klapper and Georgios A. Panos
World Bank and University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School
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financial literacy, retirement planning, pensions, Russia

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ADR Holdings of U.S.- Based Emerging Market Funds

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ADR Holdings of U.S.- Based Emerging Market Funds

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 22 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2012
Reena Aggarwal, Sandeep Dahiya and Leora F. Klapper
Georgetown University - Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University - Department of Finance and World Bank
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ADR, Emerging Markets, Portfolio Allocation, Shareholder Rights

ADR Holdings of U.S.-Based Emerging Market Funds

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2007
Posted: 09 Oct 2010
Reena Aggarwal, Sandeep Dahiya and Leora F. Klapper
Georgetown University - Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University - Department of Finance and World Bank

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Emerging markets, Portfolio selection, Cross-listed stocks, ADRs

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The Role of Private Equity Investments in Public Firms: International Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6484
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Sandeep Dahiya, Leora F. Klapper, Harini Parthasarathy and Dorothe Singer
Georgetown University - Department of Finance, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Debt Markets, Emerging Markets, Markets and Market Access, Investment and Investment Climate, Economic Theory & Research

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Access to Bank Financing and New Investment: Evidence from Europe

THE ECONOMICS OF SMALL BUSINESSES: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, Giorgio Calcagnini and Ilario Favaretto, eds., Springer Publishing, 2010
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Sep 2010
Larry W. Chavis, Leora F. Klapper and Inessa Love
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Entrepreneurial Program, World Bank and World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG)
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Access to Finance, Debt Market, Banks & Banking Reform, Financial Intermediation

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Saving for Old Age

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7693
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Jul 2016
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Leora F. Klapper and Georgios A. Panos
World Bank - Development Research Group, World Bank and University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School
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Industrial Economics, Economic Theory & Research, Economic Conditions and Volatility, Social Protections & Assistance, Economic Growth

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Civil Conflict and Firm Performance: Evidence from Cote D'Ivoire

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6640
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper, Christine Richmond and Trang Tran
World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank
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Economic Theory & Research, Labor Policies, Microfinance, E-Business, Post Conflict Reconstruction

59.

New Firm Registration and the Business Cycle

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6775
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper, Inessa Love and Douglas Randall
World Bank, World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG) and World Bank
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Environmental Economics & Policies, Business in Development, Business Environment, Competitiveness and Competition Policy, E-Business

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Making it Easier to Apply for a Bank Account: A Study of the Indian Market

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8205
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Sep 2017
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Leora F. Klapper, Saniya Ansar and Aditya Jagati
World Bank - Development Research Group, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Inequality, Marketing, Private Sector Economics, Private Sector Development Law

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Measuring the Effectiveness of Service Delivery: Delivery of Government Provided Goods and Services in India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8207
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 29 Sep 2017
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Leora F. Klapper and Neeraj Prasad
World Bank - Development Research Group, World Bank and World Bank
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Inequality, Marketing, Private Sector Economics, Private Sector Development Law

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Patterns of Business Creation, Survival and Growth: Evidence from Africa

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5828
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper and Christine Richmond
World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Microfinance, Environmental Economics & Policies, Labor Markets, Small Scale Enterprise, Economic Theory & Research

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Entrepreneurship in Post-Conflict Transition

Economics of Transition, Vol. 19, Issue 1, pp. 27-78, 2010
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Jan 2011
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Leora F. Klapper and Georgios A. Panos
World Bank - Development Research Group, World Bank and University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School
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Self-employment, entrepreneurship, financial constraints, informal sector

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Derivatives at Banc One (1994)

Posted: 27 Jun 1998
David K. Backus, Leora F. Klapper and Chris Telmer
NYU Stern School of Business, World Bank and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business

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World Bank Group Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Audio of Presentation

2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data
Posted: 15 Nov 2007
Leora F. Klapper and Juan Manuel Quesada Delgado
World Bank and World Bank
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