Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth : Correlation or Causality?

The authors investigate the impact of stock markets and banks on economic growth using a panel data set for 1976-98 and applying recent generalized method of moments (GMM) techniques developed for dynamic panels. The authors illustrate econometrica...

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Main Authors: Beck, Thorsten, Levine, Ross
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/1614762/stock-markets-banks-growth-correlation-or-causality
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spelling okr-10986-195352021-04-23T14:03:43Z Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth : Correlation or Causality? Beck, Thorsten Levine, Ross BANKS BLACK MARKET BLACK MARKET PREMIUM BUSINESS CYCLE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL CONTROLS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COUNTRY SPECIFIC COVARIANCE MATRIX CREDIT MARKETS DEFLATORS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DYNAMIC PANEL DYNAMIC PANEL MODELS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS EQUITY MARKETS ERROR TERM ERROR TERMS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL STRUCTURES FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FIXED EFFECTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH DETERMINANTS GROWTH REGRESSION GROWTH REGRESSIONS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INFLATION INFLATION RATE LAGGED DEPENDENT LAGGED LEVELS LAGGED VALUES LIQUIDITY LONG-RUN GROWTH MARKET CAPITALIZATION MEASUREMENT ERRORS MONETARY ECONOMICS NEGATIVE IMPACT 0 HYPOTHESIS POLICY RESEARCH PRIVATE SECTOR REAL GDP RESOURCE ALLOCATION REVERSE CAUSALITY SERIAL CORRELATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STOCK MARKETS TIME SERIES TRADE OPENNESS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS The authors investigate the impact of stock markets and banks on economic growth using a panel data set for 1976-98 and applying recent generalized method of moments (GMM) techniques developed for dynamic panels. The authors illustrate econometrically the differences that emerge from different panel procedures. On balance, stock markets and banks positively influence economic growth--and these findings are not a result of biases induced by simulaneity, omitted variables, or inobserved country-specific effects. 2014-08-20T21:09:30Z 2014-08-20T21:09:30Z 2001-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/1614762/stock-markets-banks-growth-correlation-or-causality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19535 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2670 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic BANKS
BLACK MARKET
BLACK MARKET PREMIUM
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL CONTROLS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
COUNTRY SPECIFIC
COVARIANCE MATRIX
CREDIT MARKETS
DEFLATORS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DYNAMIC PANEL
DYNAMIC PANEL MODELS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS
EQUITY MARKETS
ERROR TERM
ERROR TERMS
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STRUCTURES
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FIXED EFFECTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH DETERMINANTS
GROWTH REGRESSION
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
LAGGED DEPENDENT
LAGGED LEVELS
LAGGED VALUES
LIQUIDITY
LONG-RUN GROWTH
MARKET CAPITALIZATION
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MONETARY ECONOMICS
NEGATIVE IMPACT
0 HYPOTHESIS
POLICY RESEARCH
PRIVATE SECTOR
REAL GDP
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
REVERSE CAUSALITY
SERIAL CORRELATION
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
STOCK MARKETS
TIME SERIES
TRADE OPENNESS
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
spellingShingle BANKS
BLACK MARKET
BLACK MARKET PREMIUM
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL CONTROLS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
COUNTRY SPECIFIC
COVARIANCE MATRIX
CREDIT MARKETS
DEFLATORS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DYNAMIC PANEL
DYNAMIC PANEL MODELS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS
EQUITY MARKETS
ERROR TERM
ERROR TERMS
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STRUCTURES
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FIXED EFFECTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH DETERMINANTS
GROWTH REGRESSION
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
LAGGED DEPENDENT
LAGGED LEVELS
LAGGED VALUES
LIQUIDITY
LONG-RUN GROWTH
MARKET CAPITALIZATION
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MONETARY ECONOMICS
NEGATIVE IMPACT
0 HYPOTHESIS
POLICY RESEARCH
PRIVATE SECTOR
REAL GDP
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
REVERSE CAUSALITY
SERIAL CORRELATION
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
STOCK MARKETS
TIME SERIES
TRADE OPENNESS
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
Beck, Thorsten
Levine, Ross
Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth : Correlation or Causality?
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2670
description The authors investigate the impact of stock markets and banks on economic growth using a panel data set for 1976-98 and applying recent generalized method of moments (GMM) techniques developed for dynamic panels. The authors illustrate econometrically the differences that emerge from different panel procedures. On balance, stock markets and banks positively influence economic growth--and these findings are not a result of biases induced by simulaneity, omitted variables, or inobserved country-specific effects.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Beck, Thorsten
Levine, Ross
author_facet Beck, Thorsten
Levine, Ross
author_sort Beck, Thorsten
title Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth : Correlation or Causality?
title_short Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth : Correlation or Causality?
title_full Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth : Correlation or Causality?
title_fullStr Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth : Correlation or Causality?
title_full_unstemmed Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth : Correlation or Causality?
title_sort stock markets, banks, and growth : correlation or causality?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/1614762/stock-markets-banks-growth-correlation-or-causality
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19535
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