The major sources of financing for (firms in) a country are the stock market, the bond market, and the loans/banks market.

Using theGlobal Financial Development Databaseof the World Bank compare the financial structure of FRANCE with the United Kingdom over time, plotting charts when appropriate or relevant for your argument. Download the link below.

https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/5882f2b2117b882d58a78f9c64ea3613-0050062022/original/20220909-global-financial-development-database.xlsx

[Hint: part of this exercise is to identify the relevant variables, filtering them using the column called "sources" may help.]

For example

- Loan Analytics Database, Dealogic; World Bank Global Syndicated Loans and Bonds Database (FinDebt)

- Debt Capital Market Database, Dealogic; World Bank Global Syndicated Loans and Bonds Database (FinDebt) are two sources from which comparable variables are constructed).]