By: |
Luintel, Kul B (Cardiff Business School);
Khan, Mosahid;
Arestis, Philip;
Theodoridis, Konstantinos (Cardiff Business School) |
Abstract: |
Recent empirical work on financial structure and economic growth analyzes
multicountry dataset in panel and/or cross-section frameworks and conclude
that financial structure is irrelevant. We highlight their shortcomings and
re-examine this issue utilizing a time series and a dynamic heterogeneous
panel methods. Our sample consists of fourteen countries. Tests reveal that
cross-country data cannot be pooled. Financial structure significantly
explains output levels in most countries. The results are rigorously
scrutinized through bootstrap exercises and they are robust to extensive
sensitivity tests. We also test for several hypotheses about the prospective
role of financial structure and financial development on economic growth. |
Keywords: |
Financial Structure; Economic Growth; Co-integration; Bootstrap; Dynamic Heterogeneous Panels |
JEL: |
O16 G18 G28 |
Date: |
2008–01 |
URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cdf:wpaper:2008/3&r=fmk |