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- Candida Ferreira
(Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Universidade de Lisboa and UECE – Research Unit in Complexity and Economics, Lisboa, Portugal)
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This paper contributes to the literature by using the financial development index and sub-indices available in the International Monetary Fund database to test the causal relationship between financial development and economic growth. It applies panel Granger-causality regressions with the approaches developed by Nair-Reichert and Weinhold (2001), Bangake and Eggoh (2011), as well as the Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012) non-causality test, using the algorithm developed by Lopez and Weber (2017), in a sample including 46 countries spread across all continents over the period 1990-2017. The results obtained confirm the existence of causality running from financial development to economic growth, and, although not with the same statistical robustness, they also confirm the existence of reverse causality running from economic growth to financial development. The empirical findings also demonstrate that there are no significant differences between the results obtained for the sub-indices capturing the different aspects of the development of financial institutions and the development of financial markets. Overall, the paper confirms that the diversities of financial systems across countries require multiple indicators to measure their financial development. In line with the contributions of Sahay et al. (2015) and Svirydzenka (2016), the findings of this study recommend a broad definition of financial development and the use of measures encompassing relevant characteristics of banking and non-banking financial institutions and the financial markets. The paper specifically confirms the importance of the causal relation between economic growth and three specific dimensions of the financial institutions and markets: their size and liquidity (depth), the ability of individuals and companies to access financial services (access), and the ability of the institutions to provide financial services at low costs and with sustainable revenues, as well as the level of activities of the financial markets (the efficiency of the financial institutions and markets). Test di causalità tra sviluppo finanziario e crescita economica: evidenze empiriche da un panel di 46 paesi di tutti i continenti Questo articolo analizza la relazione causale tra sviluppo finanziario e crescita economica utilizzando gli indici e i sottoindici di sviluppo finanziario forniti dal database del Fondo Monetario Internazionale. Vengono applicati test di causalità di Granger secondo gli approcci di Nair-Reichert e Weinhold (2001), Bangake ed Eggoh (2011) e tests di non-causalità di Dumitrescu e Hurlin (2012), utilizzando l’algoritmo di Lopez e Weber (2017) su un campione di 46 paesi per il periodo 1990-2017. I risultati ottenuti confermano l’esistenza di causalità dallo sviluppo finanziario alla crescita economica e anche se non con la stessa robustezza statistica, confermano l’esistenza di una causalità inversa da crescita economica a sviluppo finanziario. I risultati empirici dimostrano anche che non vi sono significative differenze tra i risultati ottenuti per i sub-indici che colgono i diversi aspetti dello sviluppo delle istituzioni finanziarie e dei mercati finanziari. Soprattutto i risultati dello studio confermano che è necessaria una molteplicità di indicatori per misurare lo sviluppo finanziario dei vari paesi a causa delle differenze tra i loro sistemi finanziari. In linea con i lavori di Sahay et al. (2015) e Svirydzenka (2016), questi risultati suggeriscono di dare una definizione ampia dello sviluppo finanziario e di usare misure che colgano le caratteristiche delle istituzioni finanziarie, sia bancarie che non, e dei mercati finanziari. In particolare, lo studio conferma l’importanza della relazione causale tra la crescita e tre specifici aspetti delle istituzioni e dei mercati finanziari: la loro dimensione e liquidità (la profondità), la capacità dei privati e delle istituzioni di fornire servizi finanziari a basso costo e con ricavi sostenibili, il li
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JEL classification:
- C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
- E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
- G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
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