Finance, institutions and economic development

Using data from 72 countries for the period 1978-2000, we find that financial development has larger effects on GDP per capita when the financial system is embedded within a sound institutional framework. Moreover, we find that financial development is most potent in middle-income countries, where i...

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Main Authors: Demetriades, Panicos, Law, Siong Hook
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2006
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18296/1/Finance.pdf