rate of growth of capital asset or income whether source of borrowing is bank or money lender. This is then formalized in a …

This paper examines the impact of both bank- and market-based financial development on economic growth in South Africa … construct both bank- and market-based financial development indices. The study uses the newly developed autoregressive … positive relationship between bank-based financial development and economic growth in South Africa. The results, however, fail …

; however, the impact of bank profitability on economic growth is still unclear. We investigate the link between bank … of bank profitability on economic growth is more prominent in small banking sectors. Perhaps surprisingly, we found that … the bank size has a negative impact on GDP growth, with the influence of bank profitability on economic growth reducing as …

whether mobile phones, economic growth, bank competition and stability matter for financial inclusion. Data from 49 countries …. There was evidence to show that financial inclusion responds positively and significantly to shocks in bank competition …, economic growth, mobile phones and bank stability. However, the results reveal that all the variables respond to one standard …

neutral. Furthermore, when controlling for the sectoral allocation of financing, no specific instrument - e.g. bank credit or …