Government ownership of banks, job creation opportunities and employment growth

Gur N.

ECONOMICS LETTERS, cilt.117, sa.2, ss.509-512, 2012 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 117 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.06.039
  • Dergi Adı: ECONOMICS LETTERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.509-512
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Government-owned banks, Credit market imperfections, Employment, FINANCIAL DEPENDENCE, ENTRY
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In this paper, we investigate the effect of government ownership of banks on employment growth. Our empirical results show that government ownership of banks reduces employment growth in industries with higher job creation opportunities. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.