The present contribution tests whether countries can be pooled when studying the finance-growth nexus. Overall, our …

The Finance-Growth Nexus is a classical source of debate among economists. This contribution offers regional evidence … countries. The results for this application support the view that finance leads growth, reject its possible endogeneity and …

The Finance-Growth Nexus is a classical source of debate among economists. This contribution offers regional evidence … countries. The results for this application support the view that finance leads growth, reject its possible endogeneity and …

The Finance-Growth Nexus is a classical source of debate among economists. This contribution offers regional evidence … countries. The results for this application support the view that finance leads growth, reject its possible endogeneity and …

In this paper, we show that the regional finance-growth nexus in Italy is robust to a series of innovations with … a thorough investigation of the nonlinearities in the relation between finance and growth. Our results show that, while … local financial development is a key factor for economic growth, in regions with inefficient courts more credit might …

system is an essential aspect of the growth process. We focus on one component of this evolution: the increasing importance … of equity markets as an economy grows. We develop a growth model where capital accumulation is financed externally …

The Finance-Growth Nexus is a classical source of debate among economists. This contribution offers regional evidence … countries. The results for this application support the view that finance leads growth, reject its possible endogeneity and …

We develop a horizontal R&D growth model that allows us to investigate the different channels through which financial … sector produces a straightforward result: a decrease in lending rates which stimulates R&D investment and economic growth …