Financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growth

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growth in BRICS countries for the period 1990–2012. Design/methodology/approach – An index for financial development has been constructed using principa...

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Main Authors: Rabia Khatun, Jagadish Prasad Bist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2019-07-01
Series:International Trade, Politics and Development
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Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ITPD-05-2019-0002/full/pdf?title=financial-development-openness-in-financial-services-trade-and-economic-growth-a-panel-data-analysis-in-brics-economies
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description Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growth in BRICS countries for the period 1990–2012. Design/methodology/approach – An index for financial development has been constructed using principal component analysis technique by including banking sector development, stock market development, bond market development and insurance sector development. For the robustness of the result, the long-run cointegrating relationship amongst the variables has been analyzed. Findings – Overall financial development has a positive and significant impact on economic growth. To take the full advantage of openness in financial services trade, countries need to put more emphasis on the development of their stock markets, bond markets and the insurance sector. The result shows that openness in financial services trade has a positive impact on economic growth when the stock market, bond market and insurance sector are included in the system. Research limitations/implications – The policy implication of the findings is that policymakers should focus more on developing all four areas of finance to get the full benefit of the financial system on the process of economic growth. Originality/value – The authors have constructed the better indicators of financial development in the case of BRICS economies. Most of the studies in BRICS economies have measured the development of the financial sector as either banking sector development or stock market development. However, the present study includes all four areas of finance (banking sector development, stock market development, insurance sector development and bond market development) into account.
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spelling doaj.art-01e641aa58dc42139fadf0c2e006ec622022-12-22T04:30:57ZengEmerald PublishingInternational Trade, Politics and Development2586-39322019-07-0132426510.1108/ITPD-05-2019-0002629901Financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growthRabia Khatun0Jagadish Prasad Bist1Department of Economics, International Management Institute, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Economics, Pokhara University, Kathmandu, NepalPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growth in BRICS countries for the period 1990–2012. Design/methodology/approach – An index for financial development has been constructed using principal component analysis technique by including banking sector development, stock market development, bond market development and insurance sector development. For the robustness of the result, the long-run cointegrating relationship amongst the variables has been analyzed. Findings – Overall financial development has a positive and significant impact on economic growth. To take the full advantage of openness in financial services trade, countries need to put more emphasis on the development of their stock markets, bond markets and the insurance sector. The result shows that openness in financial services trade has a positive impact on economic growth when the stock market, bond market and insurance sector are included in the system. Research limitations/implications – The policy implication of the findings is that policymakers should focus more on developing all four areas of finance to get the full benefit of the financial system on the process of economic growth. Originality/value – The authors have constructed the better indicators of financial development in the case of BRICS economies. Most of the studies in BRICS economies have measured the development of the financial sector as either banking sector development or stock market development. However, the present study includes all four areas of finance (banking sector development, stock market development, insurance sector development and bond market development) into account.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ITPD-05-2019-0002/full/pdf?title=financial-development-openness-in-financial-services-trade-and-economic-growth-a-panel-data-analysis-in-brics-economiesfinancial servicespanel cointegrationeconomic growthfinancial developmentprincipal component
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Financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growth
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financial services
panel cointegration
economic growth
financial development
principal component
title Financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growth
title_full Financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growth
title_fullStr Financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growth
title_full_unstemmed Financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growth
title_short Financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growth
title_sort financial development openness in financial services trade and economic growth
topic financial services
panel cointegration
economic growth
financial development
principal component
url https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ITPD-05-2019-0002/full/pdf?title=financial-development-openness-in-financial-services-trade-and-economic-growth-a-panel-data-analysis-in-brics-economies
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