Financial Development and Structure 1960-2010

Aruba, Afghanistan, Angola...and 192 more, 1960 - 2010

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WLD_1960-2010_FDS_v02_M

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Thorsten Beck and Asli Demirguc-Kunt (World Bank), Ross Eric Levine (Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota)

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Government repudiation (govrep)

Data file: request8095

Overview

Valid: 91

Invalid: 15

Minimum: 2.036

Maximum: 10

Mean: 6.553

Standard deviation: 2.058

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 827

End: 842

Width: 16

Range: 2.03571391105652 - 10

Format: Numeric

Description

Universe

1980-1995

Others

Notes

Repudiation of Contracts by Governments. Indicates the "risk of a modification in a contract taking the form of a repudiation, postponement, or scaling down" due to "budget cutbacks, indigenization pressure, a change in government, or a change in government economic and social priorities." Scored 0-10, with lower scores for higher risks. Average 1982-95. Source: Knack and Keefer (1995), using data from ICRG.

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