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Market Phoenixes and Banking Ducks Are Recoveries Faster in Market-Based Financial Systems?
Allard, Julien - 2011
Recoveries vary considerably across countries: our paper compares recoveries in bank-based and market-based economies … and finds that market-based economies experience significantly and durably stronger rebounds than the bank-based ones (in … particular the more bank-based economies of continental Europe). Further, stronger recoveries also tend to be associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398329
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Financial Integration and Risk-Adjusted Growth Opportunities
Ivaschenko, Iryna V. - 2008
This paper documents the evolution of measures of financial integration for major advanced and emerging markets economies, assesses whether advances in integration have had a significant positive impact on countries'' risk-adjusted growth opportunities, and identifies some of the channels...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401637
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International Capital Flows and Development : Financial Openness Matters
Ricci, Luca Antonio - 2010
Does capital flow from rich to poor countries? We revisit the Lucas paradox and explore the role of capital account restrictions in shaping capital flows at various stages of economic development. We find that, when accounting for the degree of capital account openness, the prediction of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397575
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Dollarization and financial development
Bannister, Geoffrey J.; Gardberg, Malin; Turunen, Jarkko - 2018
Despite significant strides in financial development over the past decades, financial dollarization, as reflected in elevated shares of foreign currency deposits and credit in the banking system, remains common in developing economies. We study the impact of financial dollarization,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932543
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Macrofinancial linkages and growth at risk in the Dominican Republic
Bespalova, Olga; Rousset, Marina - 2019
This paper uses the Growth-at-Risk (GaR) methodology to examine how macrofinancial conditions affect the growth outlook and its probability distribution. Using this approach, we evaluate risks to GDP growth in the Dominican Republic using quarterly data for 1996-2018. We group macrofinancial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154738
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Financial Deepening, Inequality, and Growth : A Model-Based Quantitative Evaluation
Townsend, Robert M. - 2003
We propose a coherent unified approach to the study of the linkages among economic growth, financial structure, and inequality, bringing together disparate theoretical and empirical literature. That is, we show how to conduct model-based quantitative research on transitional paths. With...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400139
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Understanding the Growth of African Financial Markets
Andrianaivo, Mihasonirina - 2009
This paper examines empirically the determinants of financial market development in Africa with an emphasis on banking systems and stock markets. The results show that income level, creditor rights protection, financial repression, and political risk are the main determinants of banking sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402464
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Financial Development and Economic Growth : An Overview
Khan, Mohsin S. - 2000
In recent years there has been substantial theoretical and empirical work on the role that financial markets play in fostering economic growth and development. This paper provides a selective review of the literature, as well as new empirical evidence on the relationship between financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403474
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Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth
Ruiz-Arranz, Marta - 2005
There has been little systematic empirical study on the relationship between remittances and growth. This paper attempts to examine this relationship. Using a newly constructed crosscountry of data series for remittances covering a large sample of developing countries, we relate the interaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401504
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An Empirical Reassessment of the Relationship Between Finance and Growth
Favarra, Giovanni - 2003
This paper reexamines the empirical relationship between financial development and economic growth. It presents evidence based on cross-section and panel data using an updated dataset, a variety of econometric methods, and two standard measures of financial development: the level of liquid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399535