firm performance. "--World Bank web site …

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in banking"--World Bank web site … Claessens and Laeven first estimate for 16 countries a measure of banking system competition based on industrial organization …' banking systems allows financially dependent industries to grow faster. These results are robust under a variety of tests. The …

banking sector development, human capital, and economic growth at the sub-national level. Using disaggregate data avoids many … banking sector development, and that the relationship between finance and growth may be non-linear. For the districts in the … percent in growth over the 1990s. This indicates that the gains from increased banking sector outreach may be large. The …

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other hand, the banking and currency crisis literature finds that monetary aggregates, such as domestic credit, are among …, banking crises and financial volatility), and by jointly analyzing the effects of financial depth and fragility in classic … larger effort in the group to understand the sources of growth and volatility"--World Bank web site …

first decade of transition. "--World Bank web site …