economic growth that has accumulated over the past quarter-century. The bulk of the historical evidence suggests that financial … development a¤ects economic growth in a positive, monotonic way, yet recent research endeavors have provided useful and important … society, as well as the channels through which finance can slow down long-term growth. …

We show that financial development has a non-monotonic effect on growth in the Rajan and Zingales (1998) and Fisman and … Love (2007) sample. Beyond a threshold, financially dependent industries and industries facing good growth opportunities …

We find that an expansion of credit has a positive effect on per capita output growth only up to a point. Beyond this … threshold the impact of finance on growth is not statistically significant anymore. We show, however, that the estimated non … impact on growth in mature financial systems, and include the magnitude of financial cycles as well as the importance of non …

growth. We further demonstrate that banking market structure can be responsible for the emergence of development traps in … competition ; economic growth ; oligopoly ; lending …

effects of bank competition on economic growth. We obtain them developing a dynamic, general equilibrium model of capital …

growth. We further demonstrate that banking market structure can be responsible for the emergence of development traps in …