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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title "Finance And Growth" Re-Visited
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Lizethe Méndez
  • Steven Ongena
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions
Publisher Societa Editrice Il Mulino
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 2282-717X
Volume 80
Number 1
Page Range 2050001
Date 2020
Abstract Text We test whether the relationship between finance and growth is present in 48 countries over 20 different periods of an equal length of 15 years, starting in 1980 (to 1995) and ending in 1999 (to 2014). We estimate growth regressions using an IV approach and we find that (1) overall financial development had a positive effect on economic growth for almost all our studied periods, (2) the legal system is the primary determinant of the effectiveness of the overall financial system, and (3) financial services were relevant for economic growth even during the financial crisis of 2008. This research is part of a research agenda revisiting the finance–growth nexus using up-to-date empirical methodologies.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1142/S2282717X20500012
Other Identification Number merlin-id:19327
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