Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/48112 
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Year of Publication: 
1999
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Dresden Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 05/99
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Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Dresden
Abstract: 
The paper describes tests of hypotheses from economic history concerning the significance of financial development as a determinant of economic growth. It goes beyond the existing studies in drawing on a large panel data set covering 93 countries from 1970-90 and includes a new proxy for the resource input into the financial system. Moreover, interaction effects between financial development and catching-up as well as education are considered. Finally, to clarify causal relationships, a two-wave path model is estimated. It is shown that during the 1970s and 1980s finance was a significant and predominantly supply-leading determinant of growth.
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Working Paper

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