This study analyzes the long-term effects of financialization and financial development on investment and growth by using data of OECD countries since the 1970s. The panel cointegration approach is adopted to investigate the long-run effects of these variables. Estimation results show evidence...

This paper analyses some long-run macroeconomic effects of European financial integration. In particular we focus on the further reduction and abolition of crossborder barriers impeding the entry into the markets of banking and insurance products. We follow a theoretical as well as an empirical...

We examine the impacts of both domestic and international financial market development on R&D intensities in 22 manufacturing industries in 18 OECD countries for the period 1990- 2003. We take account of such industry characteristics as the need for external financing and the amount of tangible...