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We investigate the effect of a stock market liberalization on industry growth in emerging markets. Consistent with the view that liberalization reduces financing constraints, we find that industries that are more externally dependent and face better growth opportunities grew faster following...
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This paper seeks to add to the current debate about financial development and growth in the emerging world by looking … may be more fruitful for today's emerging world to concentrate more on addressing the needs of savers and borrowers in … each individual system. A major lesson for the emerging world from past financial development is that there are risks …
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This paper seeks to add to the current debate about financial development and growth in the emerging world by looking … may be more fruitful for today's emerging world to concentrate more on addressing the needs of savers and borrowers in … each individual system. A major lesson for the emerging world from past financial development is that there are risks …
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Financial markets in most developed economies were open to foreign investors before 1980, yet these countries continued to reform their financial systems dramatically in subsequent decades. During the same time period, high-skill industries become increasingly important; for example, in the US...
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cross-section and over time. In periods of free capital movement world-wide, a country’s level of financial development is …
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The chapter reconceptualizes financial innovation. In this context, it discusses the risks of financial innovation and contemporary regulatory reforms addressing those risks. It provides a critique of contemporary reforms. Finally, it stresses the need for a new framework to regulate financial...
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Based on a survey of 54 published articles, we undertake a meta-analysis of 906 estimates of the effects of financial liberalization on economic growth. We conclude that the literature contains statistically significant evidence of a positive effect of financial liberalization on economic...
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There is no agreement regarding the growth-enhancing effects of financial liberalization, mainly because it is associated with risky international bank flows, lending booms, and crises. In this paper we make the case for liberalization despite the occurrence of crises. We show that in developing...
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The objective of this study is to rule on the correlation between liberalization of the capital account and economic growth. We were in particular interested in the channels of foreign direct investment and portfolio investment. Our empirical study was carried out on a sample of 100 developed...
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