01502cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007508 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451852110 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Fabricius, Michael. The Impact of Economic Securityon Bank Deposits and Investment / Michael Fabricius. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper highlights the importance of institutions in explaining the variation of investment rates and of two measures of bank deposits across countries. A general index of economic security is created for 130 countries. Its explanatory power is compared with measures of specific institutional arrangements. For investment as well as for bank deposits, specific institutional factors are shown to be highly significant and outperform the general index. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/098 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1998/098/001.1998.issue-098-en.xml IMF e-Library