Chapter 14

Empirical Assessment of the Finance–Growth Nexus in Frontier Markets

G. Giorgioni*
S.K. Kok***    University of Liverpool Management School, Liverpool, United Kingdom**    University of Wolverhampton Business School, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Abstract

This chapter contributes to the literature on the relationship between financial development and economic growth by including variables related to both the banking sector and the development of stock markets and by distinguishing among developed, emerging, and “frontier” stock markets. The results provide evidence that, in line with recent empirical literature, the banking sector has an overall negative impact, once the effect of stock markets is taken into account, although the results ...

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