The employment of financial development indicators without due consideration to country/regional specific financial development realities remains an issue of substantial policy relevance. Financial depth in the perspective of money supply is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development...

This research studies the extent of asymmetric responses of general fertility rate with financial development and income inequality in Bangladesh utilizing annual data from 1984-2019. We employ both linear and non- linear autoregressive distributed lag methodologies. Our study identifies a long...

Deposit and Lending Interest Rate Liberalization Reforms Challenges, Pathways, and Policy Options -- Deposit and Lending Rates: Significance and Impacts of their Liberalization -- China’s Return on Capital and Real Interest Rates in Relation to Investment -- Household Savings Impact of...

This paper approaches the problem of inequalities in China. It is specifically focused on analyzing the effects of intra-provincial disparities on the development of the 28 mainland provinces in China. Intra-provincial inequalities, as measured by the Theil index, seem positively related to...

One decade ago the formerly socialist, east-European economies collapsed. They are facing the diffcult and complex task to transform and to modernize their economic structures. In the beginning, many economists believed that the process of transition could be done fast and easily....

The purpose of this paper is to develop an analytical framework for discussing the link between financial systems and economic growth. Financial systems help overcome an information asymmetry between borrowers and lenders. If they do not function well, economic growth will be negatively...