Quantifying the Impact of Financial Development on Economic Development

Quantifying the Impact of Financial Development on Economic Development
Author: Jeremy Greenwood
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1437933971

How important is financial development for economic development? A costly state verification model of financial intermediation is presented to address this question. The model is calibrated to match facts about the U.S. economy, such as intermediation spreads and the firm-size distribution for the years 1974 and 2004. It is then used to study the international data, using cross-country interest-rate spreads and per-capita GDP. The analysis suggests that a country like Uganda could increase its output by 140 to 180 percent if it could adopt the world's best practice in the financial sector. Still, this amounts to only 34 to 40 percent of the gap between Uganda's potential and actual output. Charts and tables.

Handbook of Finance and Development

Handbook of Finance and Development
Author: Thorsten Beck
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2018-07-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1785360515

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between financial and real sector development. The different chapters, written by leading contributors in the field, survey research on the importance of financial development for economic growth, the causes and consequences of financial fragility, the historic development of financial systems in several major economies and regions of the world, and the regulatory and supervisory underpinnings of financial sector development.

Finance, Financial Sector Policies, and Long-run Growth

Finance, Financial Sector Policies, and Long-run Growth
Author: Asli Demirguc-Kunt
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2008
Genre: Access to Finance
ISBN:

Abstract: The first part of this paper reviews the literature on the relation between finance and growth. The second part of the paper reviews the literature on the historical and policy determinants of financial development. Governments play a central role in shaping the operation of financial systems and the degree to which large segments of the financial system have access to financial services. The paper discusses the relationship between financial sector policies and economic development.

Financial Structure and Economic Development

Financial Structure and Economic Development
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2000
Genre: Desarrollo economico
ISBN:

A country's level of financial development and the legal environment in which financial intermediaries and markets operate critically influence economic development. In countries whose financial sectors are more fully developed and whose legal systems protect the rights of outside investors, economies grow faster, industries dependent on external finance expand more quickly, new firms are created more easily, firms have more access to external financing, and firms grow faster.

Creating an Efficient Financial System

Creating an Efficient Financial System
Author: Thorsten Beck
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2006
Genre: Capital market
ISBN:

Financial sector development fosters economic growth and reduces poverty by widening and broadening access to finance and allocating society's savings more efficiently. The author first discusses three pillars on which sound and efficient financial systems are built: macroeconomic stability and effective and reliable contractual and informational frameworks. He then describes three different approaches to government involvement in the financial sector: the laissez-faire view, the market-failure view and the market-enabling view. Finally, the author analyzes the sequencing of financial sector reforms and discusses the benefits and challenges that emerging markets face when opening their financial systems to international capital markets.

The Financial Sector and Economic Development

The Financial Sector and Economic Development
Author: Robert Lee Bennett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1965
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Mexico. The role of the financial aspects sector in economic development, especially in rapid industrialization. The influence of public sector and private sector financing. Interesting for developing countries to study economic growth and low rates of inflation.

Financial Development and Economic Growth

Financial Development and Economic Growth
Author: Ross Levine
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 84
Release:
Genre:
ISBN:

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) presents the full text of the December 2000 paper entitled "Financial Development and Economic Growth: An Overview," prepared by Mohsin S. Khan and Abdelhak S. Senhadji. The text is available in PDF format and the paper is part of the IMF's Working Paper series. This paper provides a review of literature on financial markets and discusses the relationship between financial development and economic growth.

Financial Development and Economic Growth

Financial Development and Economic Growth
Author: Niels Hermes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135635447

This collection brings together a collection of theoretical and empirical findings on aspects of financial development and economic growth in developing countries. The book is divided into two parts: the first identifies and analyses the major theoretical issues using examples from developing countries to illustrate how these work in practice; the second part looks at the implications for financial policy in developing countries.