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This paper aims at providing an overview of the theoretical considerations and a review of the empirical literature on the relationship between finance and growth. Section I describes the role of financial development in economic growth at the macro level, both theoretically and empirically....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046080
Many authors underlined the convergence of financial structures towards a model which combines elements of the Anglo … predominant. The goal of this paper is to study financial systems convergence through the lens of household asset allocation. We … analyze s and ß convergence of total household financial assets and their main components: deposits, securities other than …
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We examine the impacts of both domestic and international financial market development on R&D intensities in 22 manufacturing industries in 18 OECD countries for the period 1990–2003. We take account of such industry characteristics as the need for external financing and the amount of tangible...
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The objective of this paper is to study the issue of convergence of financial systems through the lens of asset … allocation. It examines β- and σ-convergence of the most important financial instruments: deposits, debt securities, shares and … existence of β-convergence of shares and insurance products, confirming an increasing importance of capital markets all over the …
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increased degree of convergence in financial systems in developed and developing countries in what concerns main KPIs. That …
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This paper examines whether regulation that is more conducive to competitive and efficient financial systems has a significant positive impact on sectoral output and productivity growth in a sample of 25 OECD countries. More specifically, following a methodology used by Rajan and Zingales...
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We explore empirically how capital inflows into the US and financial deregulation within the United States interacted in driving the run-up (and subsequent decline) in US housing prices over the period 1990-2010. To obtain an ex ante measure of financial liberalization, we focus on the history...
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This paper seeks to inform about a feature of monetary policy that is largely overlooked, yet occupies a central role in modern monetary and financial systems, namely central bank collateral frameworks. Their importance can be understood by the observation that the money at the core of these...
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Today's regulatory rules, especially the easily-manipulated measures of regulatory capital, have led to costly bank failures. We design a robust regulatory system such that (i) bank losses are credibly borne by the private sector (ii) systemically important institutions cannot collapse suddenly;...
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This paper aims at providing an overview of the theoretical considerations and a review of the empirical literature on the relationship between finance and growth. Section I describes the role of financial development in economic growth at the macro level, both theoretically and empirically....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444188