RT Research Data
T1 Law, finance and development indices, 1970-2005
A1 Armour, John
A2 Singh, Ajit
A2 Deakin, Simon F.
LA English
PP Colchester
PB UK Data Service
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1874768412
AB This study examined the links between legal systems and economic development, focusing on the relationship between law and finance. New datasets were created, charting legal change over time in the areas of shareholder protection, creditor protection and labour regulation. Indices with up to 60 indicators were used to code for the law of five significant countries (France, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States of America) for 36 years (1970-2005), and reduced-form indices of 10-12 indicators to code for a wider sample (25 countries) for the period 1995-2005. The coding methods used marked an advance on previous studies, by incorporating a wider range of legal and regulatory variables and taking into account the different ways in which regulatory rules can be expressed (as mandatory rules or as ‘defaults’ applying in the absence of contrary agreement). Time-series and panel data econometric analysis were used to test for correlations between the scores in the indices and economic performance variables.
K1 Capitalism
K1 collective bargaining
K1 commercial law
K1 Credit
K1 Debts
K1 dismissal
K1 economic aid
K1 economic and social development
K1 Economic indicators
K1 employment contracts
K1 Finance
K1 Financial markets
K1 hours of work
K1 industrial relations procedures
K1 insolvencies
K1 investment return
K1 labour disputes
K1 labour law
K1 Labour Market
K1 Law
K1 Legal systems
K1 Legislation
K1 liquidations
K1 markets (economics)
K1 Meetings
K1 Regulations
K1 shares
K1 Statutes
K1 Top management
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.5255/UKDA-SN-6260-1