heavily on banks. Employing dynamic causality and panel data techniques on a sample of Spanish banks during 1993-1999 we find … that -at a regional level- economic growth predicted financial deepening in this period which suggests that banks locate … previous studies, lending dependence confer banks a special role in promoting regional economic growth in bank-based financial …

This paper discusses the effects of small banks on economic growth. We first theoretically show that small banks … operating at a regional level can spur local economic growth. As compared with big interregional banks, small regional banks are … rationing. We then test the model predictions using a sample of German banks and corresponding regional statistics. We find that …

quality of banks' financial intermediation in the regions of one economy only : Germany. To approximate the quality of … intermediation is robust, also after excluding banks likely to operate in multiple regions and distinguishing between different …

This paper discusses the effects of small banks on economic growth. We first theoretically show that small banks … operating at a regional level can spur local economic growth. As compared with big interregional banks, small regional banks are … rationing. We then test the model predictions using a sample of German banks and corresponding regional statistics. We find that …

Microfinance has, by now, reached a total of over 60% of all poor households of Bangladesh, and 37% of all households …

We analyze economic convergence across 64 districts of Bangladesh using newly harmonized satellite night light data …

We examine economic convergence among subnational regions of Bangladesh over the period 1992-2013. Unavailability of … disparity is persistent and wide across Bangladesh's 544 upazilas (subdistricts). There is evidence that lagging upazilas are … convergence"). Overall, consistent with the evidence from studies on regional inequality in Bangladesh, our results also indicate …

stylized facts from Bangladesh show that microfinance institutions pay a premium on commitment savings with respect to flexible …