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Surface modification in heteropolymer blends.
In recent years we have had considerable success with the surface modification of amorphous and crystalline thermal plastic polymers using multi-end functional additives. In... -
Isotope dependence of the Néel Temperature in cuprates
The effect of isotope exchange on the Néel temperature in the cuprates was neer determined because it was impossible to perform relaible isotope exchanges in the parent... -
Financial dependence and international trade [Dataset]
Does financial development translate into a comparative advantage in industries that use more external finance? We use industry-level data on firms’ dependence on external... -
Finance and the sources of growth [Dataset]
This paper evaluates the empirical relationship between the level of financial intermediary development and (i) economic growth, (ii) total factor productivity growth, (iii)... -
Finance, inequality and the poor [Dataset]
Financial development disproportionately boosts incomes of the poorest quintile and reduces income inequality. About 40% of the long-run impact of financial development on the... -
Law and finance: Why does legal origin matter? [Dataset]
This paper assesses empirically two theories of why legal origin influences financial development. The political channel stresses that legal traditions differ in the priority... -
Reaching out: Access to and use of banking services across countries [Dataset]
This paper is a first attempt at measuring financial sector outreach and investigating its determinants. First, we present new indicators of banking sector outreach across 99... -
Bank supervision and corruption in lending [Dataset]
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Stock markets, banks and growth: Panel evidence [Dataset]
This paper investigates the impact of stock markets and banks on economic growth using a panel data set for the period 1976-98 and applying recent GMM techniques developed for...
