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  • Law and Banking Development in a South Pacific Island Economy: The Case of Fiji, 1970-2006

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    Author(s)
    Sharma, Parmendra
    Nguyen, Duc-Tho
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Nguyen, Tom
    Sharma, Parmendra P.
    Year published
    2010
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    This paper examines the applicability of the prominent Law-Finance theory to banking development in Fiji, a representative island economy in the South Pacific region. Secondary and primary data are used to assess legal institutions and the level of development in the banking sector in Fiji (and, where possible, in other South Pacific island economies) in comparison with up to 53 other countries, both developed and developing. The paper also re-examines the question of a possible Law-Banking Development connection internationally, in light of newly available data and a newly proposed composite index of banking development. ...
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    This paper examines the applicability of the prominent Law-Finance theory to banking development in Fiji, a representative island economy in the South Pacific region. Secondary and primary data are used to assess legal institutions and the level of development in the banking sector in Fiji (and, where possible, in other South Pacific island economies) in comparison with up to 53 other countries, both developed and developing. The paper also re-examines the question of a possible Law-Banking Development connection internationally, in light of newly available data and a newly proposed composite index of banking development. The results are consistent with previous findings of a direct relationship between law enforcement quality and banking development, but they also suggest that the legal rules codifying creditor rights may not be as influential as had been thought previously. The latter result accords with the experience of Fiji, where very weak legal rules combined with average law enforcement quality (and high accounting standards) yield a reasonable performance in terms of banking development over the 1970-2006 period. The paper also points out some possible policy implications of these results.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
    Volume
    15
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/13547861003700422
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    © 2010 Routledge. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy Volume 15, Issue 2, 2010, 192-216. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com with the open URL of your article.
    Subject
    Financial Economics
    Economic Development and Growth
    Applied Economics
    Banking, Finance and Investment
    Policy and Administration
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/32182
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