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According to Wikipedia, Ross Levine is an American economist who currently holds the Willis H. Booth Chair in Banking and Finance at the University of California at Berkeley. He is also a senior fellow at the Milken Institute, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and an advisor to the World Economic Forum. As of 2018, he is the 12th most cited economist in the world.

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Financial Development and Economic Growth: Views and Agenda (1999) (6833)
A Sensitivity Analysis of Cross-Country Growth Regressions (1991) (6705)
Africa's Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions (1997) (5951)
Financial Intermediation and Growth: Causality and Causes (1999) (4833)
Stock Markets, Banks, and Economic Growth (1996) (4170)
Finance and the Sources of Growth (1999) (3663)
Finance, entrepreneurship and growth (1993) (3196)
Bank Governance, Regulation, and Risk Taking (2008) (2735)
Bank Regulation and Supervision: What Works Best? (2001) (2419)
A New Database on Financial Development and Structure (1999) (2217)
Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development (2002) (2185)
Bank-Based or Market-Based Financial Systems: Which is Better? (2002) (1633)
Finance, inequality and the poor (2007) (1555)
A New Database on the Structure and Development of the Financial Sector (2000) (1462)
It's Not Factor Accumulation: Stylized Facts and Growth Models (2001) (1439)
Bank concentration, competition, and crises: First results (2006) (1312)
Stock Market Development and Long-Run Growth (1996) (1240)
The Legal Environment, Banks, and Long-Run Economic Growth (1998) (1231)
Law, Finance, and Economic Growth (1999) (1170)
Law and Finance: Why Does Legal Origin Matter? (2002) (1139)
Stock Markets, Growth, and Tax Policy (1991) (1109)
Rethinking Bank Regulation: Till Angels Govern (2005) (1080)
Is There a Diversification Discount in Financial Conglomerates? (2005) (1076)
Big Bad Banks? The Winners and Losers from Bank Deregulation in the United States (2009) (1059)
Chapter 12 Finance and Growth: Theory and Evidence (2005) (1056)
The impact of inflation on financial sector performance (2001) (1053)
Regulations, Market Structure, Institutions, and the Cost of Financial Intermediation (2003) (1007)
Industry Growth and Capital Allocation: Does Having a Market- or Bank-Based System Matter? (2002) (984)
Stock Market Development and Financial Intermediaries: Stylized Facts (1995) (933)
Financial Institutions and Markets Across Countries and Over Time - Data and Analysis (2009) (874)
Law, endowments, and finance (2003) (830)
Aid, Policies, and Growth: Comment (2004) (808)
What Have We Learned from a Decade of Empirical Research on Growth? It's Not Factor Accumulation: Stylized Facts and Growth Models (2001) (788)
Finance, Firm Size, and Growth (2004) (769)
SMEs, Growth, and Poverty: Cross-Country Evidence (2005) (769)
The Regulation and Supervision of Banks around the World: A New Database (2001) (731)
Bank Regulation and Supervision in 180 Countries from 1999 to 2011 (2013) (725)
Stock markets, corporate finance, and economic growth : an overview (1996) (693)
Bank Concentration and Competition: An Evolution in the Making (2004) (682)
Governance and Bank Valuation (2003) (660)
Banking Systems Around the Globe: Do Regulation and Ownership Affect Performance and Stability? (1999) (655)
Financial Liberalization and Financial Fragility (1998) (647)
Benchmarking Financial Systems Around the World (2012) (623)
International Financial Liberalization and Economic Growth (2001) (609)
Financial structure and economic growth : a cross-country comparison of banks, markets, and development (2004) (603)
Corporate immunity to the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) (569)
Legal Institutions and Financial Development (2003) (564)
The Corporate Governance of Banks - a Concise Discussion of Concepts and Evidence (2004) (561)
Finance, Inequality, and Poverty: Cross-Country Evidence (2004) (555)
Financial Institutions and Markets Across Countries and Over Time: The Updated Financial Development and Structure Database (2010) (528)
Bank Supervision and Corruption in Lending (2005) (520)
Theory and Evidence (2009) (518)
Complex Ownership Structures and Corporate Valuations (2006) (502)
Bank Regulations are Changing: For Better or Worse? (2008) (474)
Finance and Inequality: Theory and Evidence (2009) (466)
Capital Control Liberalization and Stock Market Development (1996) (456)
More on Finance and Growth: More Finance, More Growth? (2003) (450)
New Data, New Doubts: A Comment on Burnside and Dollar&Apos;S "Aid, Policies, and Growth" (2000) (2003) (444)
What We Have Learned about Policy and Growth from Cross-Country Regressions? (1993) (443)
Finance, Financial Sector Policies, and Long-Run Growth (2008) (393)
Smart and Illicit: Who Becomes an Entrepreneur and Do They Earn More? (2013) (383)
Financial Innovation and Endogenous Growth (2009) (366)
Capital markets and financial intermediation: Financial intermediation and economic development (1993) (330)
Law, Endowments, and Property Rights (2005) (325)
The Evolving Importance of Banks and Securities Markets (2011) (311)
BANK SUPERVISION AND REGULATION: WHAT WORKS BEST? (2004) (300)
Bank Concentration and Crises (2003) (297)
Bank Regulation and Supervision (2005) (284)
Financial Structure and Economic Development: Firm, Industry, and Country Evidence (2000) (266)
Finance and Growth: Theory, Evidence, and Mechanisms (2003) (265)
The European origins of economic development (2012) (257)
Rethinking Bank Regulation (2006) (225)
Law and Firms' Access to Finance (2004) (218)
Does the Geographic Expansion of Banks Reduce Risk? (2016) (208)
Opening to Foreign Banks: Issues of Stability, Efficiency, and Growth (1998) (202)
Financial Development in 205 Economies, 1960 to 2010 (2013) (193)
New Data, New Doubts: A Comment on Burnside and Dollar's (2003) (190)
Identifying the Valuation Effects and Agency Costs of Corporate Diversification: Evidence from the Geographic Diversification of U.S. Banks (2013) (187)
New Data, New Doubts: Revisiting 'Aid, Policies, and Growth' (2003) (182)
Internationalization and Stock Market Liquidity (2005) (174)
Bank Concentration and Fragility: Impact and Mechanics (2005) (172)
Troubles with the neighbours: Africa's problem, Africa's opportunity (1998) (171)
The Governance of Financial Regulation: Reform Lessons from the Recent Crisis (2010) (160)
Guardians of Finance: Making Regulators Work for Us (2012) (158)
Smes, Growth, and Poverty (2005) (153)
Competition and Bank Opacity (2014) (151)
Financial Institutions and Markets across Countries and over Time (2012) (143)
Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth: Correlation or Causality (1999) (135)
Law, Politics, and Finance (2001) (125)
Financial Regulation and Performance: Cross-Country Evidence (1998) (122)
Legal Theories of Financial Development (2001) (120)
Denying Foreign Bank Entry: Implications For Bank Interest Margins (2003) (114)
Policy, Technology Adoption, and Growth (1994) (104)
Small and Medium Enterprises, Growth, and Poverty: Cross-Country Evidence (2003) (99)
Corporate Resilience to Banking Crises: The Roles of Trust and Trade Credit (2016) (99)
Bank Regulations Are Changing: But For Better or Worse? (2008) (98)
Patterns of International Capital Raisings (2008) (98)
Industry growth and capital allocation (2002) (95)
Looking at the facts : what we know about policy and growth from cross-country analysis (1993) (93)
Finance and Economic Opportunity (2008) (90)
Africa's Growth Tragedy: A Retrospective, 1960-89 (1995) (88)
Inflation and financial market performance (1996) (87)
Financial structures and economic development (1993) (83)
Bank Supervision and Corporate Finance (2003) (83)
Competition and Bank Liquidity Creation (2016) (78)
The Evolution and Impact of Bank Regulations (2012) (77)
Bank concentration: cross-country evidence (2000) (77)
Stock Markets: A Spur to Economic Growth - Finance & Development - March 1996 - Ross Levine (1998) (76)
Big Bad Banks? The Impact of U.S. Branch Deregulation on Income Distribution (2007) (76)
An Autopsy of the U.S. Financial System: Accident, Suicide, or Negligent Homicide? (2010) (72)
Bank-Based and Market-Based Financial Systems: Cross-Country Comparisons (1999) (69)
Social Distancing and Social Capital: Why U.S. Counties Respond Differently to Covid-19 (2020) (68)
New Firm Formation and Industry Growth: Does Having a Market- or Bank-Based System Matter? (1999) (67)
Spare Tire? Stock Markets, Banking Crises, and Economic Recoveries (2015) (66)
Migration, spillovers, and trade diversion: The impact of internationalization on domestic stock market activity (2007) (65)
Migration, Spillovers, and Trade Diversion: The Impact of Internationalization on Stock Market Liquidity (2003) (65)
An Empirical Examination of Patent Hold-Up (2015) (64)
Racial Discrimination and Competition (2008) (61)
Finance and the Poor (2008) (58)
Financial intermediary services and growth (1992) (57)
REFORMING FINANCE IN TRANSITIONAL SOCIALIST ECONOMIES (1994) (54)
Bank Deregulation and Racial Inequality in America (2013) (52)
Insider Trading and Innovation (2015) (51)
Does Competition Affect Bank Risk? (2016) (51)
Geographic Diversification and Banks’ Funding Costs (2016) (49)
How Firms Use Corporate Bond Markets under Financial Globalization (2015) (48)
Selection into Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment (2018) (47)
The ‘Problem’ of Capital Flight—a Cautionary Note (1989) (40)
6. The Microeconomic Effects of Different Approaches to Bank Supervision (2007) (38)
The financial system and public enterprise reform : concepts and cases (1994) (37)
The pricing of forward exchange rates (1989) (36)
How Firms Use Domestic and International Corporate Bond Markets (2012) (34)
How Did Depositors Respond to COVID-19? (2020) (34)
Bank Concentration and Fragility (2007) (32)
Capital Market Financing, Firm Growth, and Firm Size Distribution (2015) (32)
An Autopsy of the U.S. Financial System (2010) (32)
Bank deregulation and corporate risk (2020) (30)
Bank Concentration: Chile and International Comparisons (2000) (29)
ACCUMULATION: STYLIZED FACTS AND GROWTH MODELS (2001) (28)
Communication Within Banking Organizations and Small Business Lending (2019) (27)
Financial development and growth: where do we stand? (1999) (27)
Regulating finance and regulators to promote growth (2011) (26)
Cross-border acquisitions: Do labor regulations affect acquirer returns? (2020) (25)
Optimal Financial Structures and Development : The evolving importance of banks and markets (2011) (25)
CORPORA T E GOVERNANCE IN FINANCE: CONCEPTS AND INTERNA T IONAL OBSER VAT IONS (2002) (24)
Old debts and new beginnings : a policy choice in transitional socialist economies (1993) (24)
Stock Market Liquidity and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence (2003) (23)
Finance and Growth (2018) (22)
Finance and Growth: New Evidence and Policy Analyses for Chile (2002) (22)
Financial structure and economic development (1990) (22)
Financial development and innovation-led growth (2018) (21)
Bank Liquidity, Credit Supply, and the Environment (2017) (20)
Finance, regulation and inclusive growth (2012) (19)
The Global Corporate Governance Forum (2004) (18)
Investor Protection and Investment (2003) (18)
Why Does Legal Origin Matter (2002) (18)
Stock Markets, Growth, And Policy (1990) (18)
The Origins of Financial Development: How the African Slave Trade Continues to Influence Modern Finance (2017) (18)
How much bang for the buck? Mexico and dollarization (2001) (18)
The Sentinel: Improving the Governance of Financial Policies (2010) (17)
The African Slave Trade and Modern Household Finance (2019) (17)
An International Arbitrage Pricing Model with PPP Deviations (1986) (16)
Napoleon, Bourses, and Growth in Latin America (1997) (16)
The Valuation Effects of Geographic Diversification: Evidence from U.S. Banks (2011) (15)
Liberty for More: Finance and Educational Opportunities (2013) (15)
The corporate governance of banks (2003) (15)
External Dependence and Industry Growth Does Financial Structure Matter (2000) (15)
Does the Geographic Expansion of Bank Assets Reduce Risk? (2014) (14)
Beyond the Biggest : Do Other Large Shareholders Influence Corporate Valuations ? (2005) (13)
The Impact of Bank Regulations, Concentration, and Institutions on Bank Margins (2003) (13)
An empirical inquiry into the nature of the forward exchange rate bias (1991) (13)
Capital Market Financing and Firm Growth (2020) (12)
Forthcoming : Journal of Financial Intermediation Bank Regulation and Supervision : What Works Best ? (2003) (12)
Handbook of Finance and Development (2018) (11)
Bank Networks and Acquisitions (2019) (10)
The European origins of economic development (2016) (10)
Rethinking Bank Regulation: List of Figures, Tables, and Appendices (2005) (9)
Toxic Emissions and Executive Migration (2018) (9)
Pollution and Human Capital Migration: Evidence from Corporate Executives (2018) (9)
Local Financial Structure and Economic Resilience (2020) (9)
External debt and developing country growth (1989) (9)
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES PORTFOLIO CHOICE OVER THE LIFE-CYCLE IN THE PRESENCE OF ‘TRICKLE DOWN’ LABOR INCOME (8)
Cross-Border Acquisitions and Labor Regulations (2015) (8)
Capital Market Financing, Firm Growth, Firm Size Distribution (2014) (8)
Do Bank Insiders Impede Equity Issuances? (2020) (8)
Competition Laws, Norms and Corporate Social Responsibility (2020) (8)
Stock markets, banks and growth: Panel evidence [Dataset] (2015) (8)
Special issue: Banking and bank regulation: Challenges for the future (2008) (8)
Finance and Pollution : Do Credit Conditions Affect Toxic Emissions ? (2019) (7)
Does Firm Size Matter for Growth and Poverty Alleviation (2005) (6)
The Legal Origins of Financial Development: Evidence from the Shanghai Concessions (2021) (6)
Beyond Siting: Implementing Voluntary Hazardous Waste Siting Agreements in Canada (2000) (6)
Finance, inequality and the poor [Dataset] (2015) (6)
Rethinking Bank Regulation: Rethinking Bank Regulation (2005) (5)
The Sentinel: Improving the Governance of Financial Regulation (2009) (5)
Troubles with the Neighbours: Africas Problem, Africas Opportunity (1970) (5)
"Reassessing the Rationale and Practice of Bank Regulation and Supervision around the Globe" (2007) (5)
Working Paper Series No . 14011 Patent Holdup : Do Patent Holders Holdup Innovation ? (2014) (5)
The capital flight "problem." (1988) (5)
Misdiagnosis: Incomplete Cures of Financial Regulatory Failures (2014) (5)
COMMENTS ON "FINANCE, INEQUALITY AND THE POOR" (2007) (5)
Bank Regulation and Income Distribution: Evidence from Branch Deregulation (2007) (5)
Acquiring Banking Networks (2017) (5)
Finance, firm size, and growth [Dataset] (2015) (4)
Russia in the 21st Century: The Prodigal Superpower (2005) (4)
Deposit Supply and Bank Transparency (2019) (4)
The forward exchange rate bias: a new explanation (1988) (4)
Competition Law and Innovation (2021) (3)
Finance and the sources of growth q (3)
Mentally Spent: Credit Conditions and Mental Health (2019) (3)
Competition laws, ownership, and corporate social responsibility (2020) (3)
In Defense of Wall Street: The Social Productivity of the Financial System (2013) (3)
SMEs, growth, and poverty: Cross-country evidence [Dataset] (2015) (3)
Comment on "Regulations, Market Structure, Institutions, and the Cost of Financial Intermediation" by Asli Demirguc ¸-Kunt, (2004) (3)
Competition Laws, Governance, and Firm Value (2021) (3)
Are bank-based or market-based financial systems better? (2000) (3)
Competition Laws and Corporate Innovation (2020) (2)
EXECUTIVE GATEKEEPERS : THE PARADOX OF LAWYERS IN THE FIRM (2014) (2)
For Whom are We Building the American Dream? (2015) (2)
The Valuation Effects of the Geographic Diversification of U . S . Banks (2012) (2)
Quality ladders, growth, and R&D: an assessment from U.S. industry: A comment (1993) (2)
Finance and growth in the United Kingdom (2018) (1)
The World Bank Economic Review 14 (3), Sept 2000 (2000) (1)
Rethinking Bank Regulation: Index (2005) (1)
Spare Tire? Stock Markets and Systemic Banking Crises (2015) (1)
World - Financial Development and Structure 1960-2010 (2013) (1)
Finance, Growth, and Opportunity: Policy Challenges (2009) (1)
Regulation and Governance of Financial Institutions (2016) (1)
Bank Competition and Corporate Risk (2018) (0)
Evolution and Procedures in Central Banking: Commentary (2003) (0)
8. Do Borrowers Benefit from Bank Bailouts? The Effects of TARP on Loan Contract Terms (with Allen (2016) (0)
Debtors at Play: Gaming Behavior and Consumer Credit Risk (2019) (0)
Mentally Spent: Credit Market Conditions and Mental Health (2019) (0)
Rethinking Bank Regulation: Introduction (2005) (0)
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES COMPETITION LAWS, NORMS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (2020) (0)
BECK PRINT.indd (2018) (0)
Social Capital and Mortgages (2022) (0)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, HUMAN CAPITAL, AND LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS* (2018) (0)
Financial Structure and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Comparison of Banks, Markets, and Development, (with Asli Demirguc-Kunt). MIT Press, 2001. (2012) (0)
Finance and development: Issues and experience: Alberto Giovannini, ed (Cambridge university press, New York, 1993) pp. ix+436, $49.50 (1994) (0)
Rethinking Bank Regulation: How Are Banks Regulated and Supervised Around the World? (2005) (0)
Finance and Children's Academic Performance. NBER Working Paper No. 26678. (2020) (0)
Napoleon, Bourses, and Growth in Latin America.PDF (1998) (0)
Rethinking Bank Regulation: References (2005) (0)
Successful entrepreneurs are often those who engage in more aggressive, illicit and risky activities whilst in their teens (2014) (0)
Cross-border acquisitions: Do labor regulations affect acquirer returns? (2019) (0)
A note on "transfers" (1989) (0)
About this Research Review (2018) (0)
Bank supervision and corruption in lending [Dataset] (2015) (0)
In brief...'Smart and illicit': the making of a successful entrepreneur (2013) (0)
Finance, Social Interactions, and Human Capital Development (2021) (0)
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Annual Index, 2003 (2003) (0)
Finance and the sources of growth [Dataset] (2015) (0)
A Report on the Reserve Bank’s Capital Review Commissioned by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (2019) (0)
Cookie-Cutter ” Approach Is the Wrong Way for Countries to Regulate and Supervise Banks by (2005) (0)
SELECTION INTO ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT ROSS LEVINE AND YONA RUBINSTEIN* (2019) (0)
Alternative Legal Institutions and Finance (2017) (0)
Rethinking Bank Regulation: Contrasting Approaches to Bank Regulation (2005) (0)
Law, endowments, and finance [Dataset] (2015) (0)
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Social Sector Technical Assistance Credit (2004) (0)
Banking on Prosperity (2021) (0)
Rethinking Bank Regulation: Appendices (2005) (0)
World Bank Economic Review 15 (2), May 2001 (2001) (0)
Banco Central de Chile Documentos de Trabajo Central Bank of Chile Working Papers N ° 62 Enero 2000 BANK CONCENTRATION : CHILE AND INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS (0)
WORKING PAPER 3 041 Bank Concentration and Crises (2003) (0)
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES COMMUNICATION WITHIN BANKING ORGANIZATIONS AND SMALL BUSINESS LENDING (2019) (0)
How Did Depositors Respond to COVID-19? (preprint) (2020) (0)
Rethinking Bank Regulation: Choosing Bank Regulations (2005) (0)
Environmental Liabilities, Creditors, and Corporate Pollution: Evidence from the Apex Oil Ruling (2022) (0)
Law and Firms9 Access to Finance (2016) (0)
Deposit Insurance Developing countries should irst address weaknesses in Around the Globe their informational and supervisory environments Where Does It Work ? before adopting explicit deposit insurance (2001) (0)
Finance and Children's Academic Performance (2020) (0)
N ° 62 N ° 62 BANK CONCENTRATION : CHILE AND INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS (0)
Bank Regulatory Reforms and Racial Wage Discrimination (2013) (0)
CEP Discussion Paper No 1069 August 2011 Racial Discrimination and Competition (2011) (0)
Do forward exchange rates include risk premia (1987) (0)

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