Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/153802 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 1368
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
I analyze output growth, volatility, and skewness as the joint outcomes of financial openness. Using an industry panel of 53 countries over 45 years, I find that financial openness increases simultaneously mean growth and the negative skewness of the growth process. The increase in output skewness appears to come from a more negatively skewed distribution of investment, TFP, and new business creation. The growth benefits of financial liberalization are augmented, and its costs associated with higher probability of rare large contractions are mitigated by deep credit markets and by strong institutions. The main result of the paper holds in aggregated data.
Subjects: 
Development
Financial openness
Growth
skewness
Volatility
JEL: 
E32
F30
F36
F43
G15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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